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INITIAL REACTIONS TO THE WORK My first impression of Hans Holbein the Younger’s painting, The Ambassadors, is an amazing, captivating piece of art from the Renaissance period. I was immediately drawn to the man on the left with his powerful stance and wealthy appearance. It gave me the impression that he was a scholar and possibly royalty by his attire. The representation of the male on the right is a religious or clergy type person, I assumed this by his clothing of a dark cloak with…

Francois Rabelais and Thomas More describes the utopic world to depict the ideal human society, however, both describes a society in which dystopian features are extremely emphasized to the extent that it overshadows the essential utopian features. This shows that there is a thin line between an orderly society and a repressive dystopian one. Historically, utopia has been considered by its values of egalitarianism: It should have no class…

Although they bear some superficial similarities, the differences between The Big Trip Up Yonder and Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut are clear. They display disparate themes but use the setting of a futuristic society to show flaws in varying ideas of perfection. The society in Harrison Bergeron shows a “perfect” society through the concept of everyone being equal while The Big Trip Up Yonder shows the idea of living forever. Both of these stories show a possible outcome for popularly…

In the play, “A Man for All Seasons,” Robert Bolt uses contrasting characters in order to illustrate the rise of a corrupt conscience. Sir Thomas More, the protagonist of the play, is “known to be honest” (55). Despite being perceived as steadfast, More is secluded due to his unwillingness to conform to the greedy mindset of the “successful”. On the other hand, Bolt introduces Richard Rich and the Common Man to the audience. Rich, as indicated by his name, is willing to adjust his morals if it…

However, for Sir Thomas More who is a man of high integrity andstrong religious faith, King Henry VIII’s wishes are directly…

a glass of beer is more important than the welfare of his cattle. Thus, in an attempt to create a perfect society in the absence of humans, Old Major creates Animalism as he establishes The Seven Commandments, as follows: THE SEVEN COMMANDMENTS Whatever goes upon two legs is an…

An imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect, that is the definition of a Utopian Society. Unfortunately, nothing can be perfect all the time, and Utopian societies have proven that. Utopian societies haven't and will never work. These societies are something that could only ever work out in your dreams, not everything can be controlled. First off, people will rebel, they do not want to be told what to do. No one wants to be controlled their whole life, they want freedom…

Utopias. Not Possible? Are utopias possible, no, over the course of decades humanity has not been able to replicate our view of utopias. While it is great for humanity to be accepting on one another but cultural differences in the world is very humongous. If humans as a race start to accept one another's cultures then there becomes issues with relationships between two cultures, specifically with their children. Their children will feel divided culturally, for there to be a utopia there would…

Utopia (1516), by Thomas More, was written at the beginning of Renaissance England and is an ironic critique of English society. More contrasts the dystopic nature he sees of his society with Utopia, offering solutions to the problems plaguing Europe through a description of Utopia’s social, educational and judicial structure. It is unclear which elements of these structures More is endorsing, and which elements he is criticising. Against the context of his society, the ideas and values of…

only few of many flaws of society. In order to create a society that is close to utopia, many people do social movements. To be more specific, there are nonviolent and violent movements in order to get what people wants from the government and king. However, nonviolent movement can be more effective than the violent movement, because of the fact that violence brings more tragedy rather than peace and negotiation. Therefore, many successful nonviolent movements can be seen from human history. In…