![]() Utopia is an island because this perfect society has to be isolated, without external influences that could contaminate it. The first and possibly most important symbol is the island itself. More makes use of some symbols that help him to describe his Utopian society. Utopia is more similar to a dictatorship. He changed the name of the island and created the Republic of Utopia, but it is not a republic because we find a lot of limitations. General Utopus: He was a warrior who arrived a long time ago to Utopia and imposed a new way of living. However, this character cannot be taken seriously because the author uses him for his own purposes to create different situations. Peter Giles: He was an actual historical figure of Sir Thomas More’s time, and he helped More to publish Utopia. He will explain all the mysteries of Utopia to Peter and More from the issues of religion, to army or even how they organise their daily work. Raphael Hythloday: He is a traveller who has been living in Utopia for five years. Thanks to Hythloday he will discover Utopia, a land where a lot a strange things can be found in relation to More’s time, such as divorce or euthanasia. More will travel to Antwert to meet Peter Giles and Raphael Hythloday. More: In the story we find a character with the same name as the author, however we cannot identify this character with the author because he is not transparent. Other important topics that are dealt with in Utopia are: private property, moral education of citizens, slavery, marriage and war. The author describes a representative democracy, the people elect their rulers and this is also a veiled critique against the British system. Politics: it is also an important issue. More makes an indirect critique of the judicial system of his time. Justice: it is related to equality, as justice has to be equal for everyone. He describes Utopia as a perfect society and to construct that image of perfection he uses symmetry. Equality: it is a key issue for Thomas More everybody should be equal and have equal rights. It describes each detail of how it is organised and every other topic that appears in the text is subordinated to this topic. Organisation of society: the whole of book II is a description of Utopian society. In book II the most important topics are: Finally, the third theme is the legitimacy or illegitimacy of kings to use the crown to expand their territory. The second topic is the system of justice in London, which More considers to be corrupted. More reflects on whether intellectuals should take part in politics by giving advice to rulers or not. The first one is the role of intellectuals in society. Utopia is a veiled criticism of the British society of the 16th C and the aspects criticised are reflected in the main topics of the two books that compose it. Also, other important issues such as divorce, euthanasia and death are commented on.Įven though More concludes that some of the Utopian customs are absurd, he does acknowledge that he would like to see some of the aspects of their society reflected in England. In the second part, Thomas More describes various features of Utopia, including status, social organisation and governance: work, family, war, education, religion, economy, slavery, philosophy. Here, Raphael Hythloday is also introduced and the characters discuss topics such as philosophy, politics and economics. In the first one, More begins with a written correspondence between Thomas More and several people. Plot summary: The book consists of two parts. Subgenres: Fiction and political philosophy. In book II the narrator is also a character, Raphael Hythloday, also a first person narrator. In book I, the narrator is Thomas More, who becomes a character in the narrative he is a first person narrator. Type of narrator: Utopia is composed of two books. Genre: It is a narrative depicting a fictional island. Setting(s): Utopia (New World, fictional island)
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