Every society has its rules and laws. It depends on the type of rules and laws that makes a society the way it is. For a type of society that would be like a utopia the seven most important commandments are: Be at Peace‚ Be Honest‚ Give to Others Rather Than Receive‚ Accept Others as They Are‚ Respect All Things Living‚ Always Learn to Forgive‚ and Live Life to the Fullest. In order to live in the perfect society‚ these commandments are very important. Commandment I - Be at Peace: Being at peace
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Book II 1. Describe the geography of Utopia - “ The island of Utopia is in the middle 200 miles broad‚ and holds almost at the same breadth over a great part of it; but it grows narrower toward both ends. Its figure is not unlike a crescent: between its horns‚ the sea comes in eleven miles broad‚ and spreads itself into a great bay‚ which is environed with land to the compass of about 500 miles‚ and is well secured from winds. In this bay there is no great current; the whole coast is‚ as it
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HUMAN NATURE: ARE PEOPLE GOOD OR BAD? From the time when humanity was able to believe in it‚ Utopia has existed as a mere word‚ thought or principle. It is a place that is hoped for‚ and is also a society that was and is apparently deemed to be possible‚ or is it? The Mirriam-Webster’s dictionary defines it as "an imaginary and indefinitely remote place of ideal perfection in laws‚ government and social conditions." It doesn’t exist. It cannot exist because of our nature‚ our practices‚ and our
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English 4‚ Unit 2: Utopia and Dystopia Sir Thomas More’s Utopia Study Guide Directions: As you read‚ complete each question below. Type your answers in the appropriate spaces provided. 1. In Book I‚ who is the narrator? What point of view is this? The narrator is Sir Thomas More. The P.O.V. is in the first person. 2. More and Giles strike up a conversation with someone. Who is this? What does he do? Why are they interested in him? Raphael Hythloday‚ he is a philosopher and world traveler. they
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Utopia might not be the name of a specific place or location‚ but I wouldn’t mind going there. Utopia has a Neo-Latin origin and it’s definition is “an imaginary and indefinitely remote place considered to be perfect or ideal.” The context it is usually used in is to describe the way a place feels‚ or makes a person feel. If utopias all come from people’s imaginations‚ then there are as many different utopias as there are different people. The way Ayn Rand uses the word utopia in the book Anthem
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Thomas More’s Utopia Thomas More’s use of dialogue in "Utopia" is not only practical but masterly laid out as well. The text itself is divided into two parts. The first ‚ called "Book One"‚ describes the English society of the fifteenth century with such perfection that it shows many complex sides of the interpretted structure with such clarity and form that the reader is given the freedom for interpretation as well. This flexibility clearly illustrates More’s request for discussion and
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Comparison of Utopia and New Atlantis After reading Utopia by Thomas More and New Atlantis by Francis Bacon‚ it is evident that both authors impose two different attitudes of the way of life to an ideal society. More introduced an “ordered” way of life and Bacon introduced a “scientific” way of living. In More’s Utopia‚ it is evident that More’s belief is that human perfection would create a perfect society to live in. In Utopia‚ there is no poor man and no beggars and everyone has an occupation
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English 4‚ Unit 2: Utopia and Dystopia Sir Thomas More’s Utopia Study Guide Directions: As you read‚ complete each question below. Type your answers in the appropriate spaces provided. 1. In Book I‚ who is the narrator? What point of view is this? Thomas More‚ first person view 2. More and Giles strike up a conversation with someone. Who is this? What does he do? Why are they interested in him? Giles introduces More to Raphael Hythloday. More thought that Hythloday was a seaman
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A utopia by definition‚ is an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect. A utopia would be impossible to create because of a hand full of reasons: No single person is perfect‚ competitiveness and striving for things comes naturally‚ and biologically people develop emotionally. In order for perfect society to exist‚ perfect people must live inside the society and nobody is perfect; therefore‚ if are no perfect people‚ there cannot be a perfect society. Competitiveness and facing
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no citizen is neglected. According to Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary of Current English (1996) equality is defined asthe quality or state of being equal: the quality or state of having the same rights‚ social status‚ etc. Equality in More’s “Utopia” can be first seen in the similarity between the towns on the island. “There are fifty-four cities on the island‚ all spacious and magnificent‚ entirely identical in language‚ customs‚ institutions and laws. So far as the location permits‚ all of
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