...This is a 1960 movie played by Robert Bolt and it’s based on the life of Sir Thomas More. It’s noteworthy that an earlier form of the film had been written for BBC radio in the year 1954 and subsequently, a one hour version of the film was produced in 1957. These early versions of the film were starring Bernard Hepton. However, based on Robert Bolt’s success in earlier films, he finally took over this role from Bernard Hepton. The official version of the film was first performed in London during the opening of Globe theatre after which it found its way to other places such as Broadway. The film then had a successful run spanning over one year and its worth commending that it was commercially viable. Apart from making economic returns to the...
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...Published in 1516, Sir Thomas More’s Utopia drew attention to many of the issues contemporary European society faced at that time. While Utopia is considered a socio-political satire, there is little humor to be found in the problems of their day. Thomas More drew attention to the unfair socio-economic system, the egocentric kings and distrust in technology. Sadly, five hundred years later, the modern world still faces these same issues. Turn CNN on any time of the day and you will hear a multitude of examples. Currently, the United States faces an unfair socio-economic system that gives privilege and opportunity to wealthy citizens, while repressing minorities and the poor. The issues wealthy citizens face are represented fully and addressed...
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...The meaning of Utopia is “A visionary system of political or social perfection”. Sir Thomas More's book is just that, a perfect society where everyone does their part, everyone has a say in politics. They have their families, which are no more than 16 persons, no less then 10, having a master and mistress of each household, over 30 families there is a magistrate. There are 54 cities on utopia, each having approximately 6,000 families each, for that is the number they strive to keep, should a disaster or plague occur, they send families to help keep that number, though if it effects other towns to much, they will abandon it. Utopias main thing is agriculture, every family must learn how to do it, every year a family is sent to a farm house that holds forty men and forty woman, they must farm for two years, every year 20 of these people leave to live in town while 20 more move to the country farm, the people who have been there a year must teach these to farm, so the system goes, families get the taste of both farming life and city life....
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...in their greatest works The Grapes of Wrath and A Man for all Seasons. Steinbeck and Bolt both portray what it means to be a believer in God through their main character’s actions and beliefs. John Steinbeck’s novel The Grapes of Wrath, portrays life of migrants during the time of the dust bowl and specifically focuses on the migrant family, the Joads. These migrants and their families are traveling westward to California, looking for new opportunities to improve their lives and to provide for their families. On their journey the Joad family encounters death, homelessness, starvation, and extreme poverty that they never expected when starting out on their trip. Every member of the family is extremely affected by these images but none more than Jim Casey, a preacher and friend of the family. At the beginning of the journey Casey considers himself to be a man of God, however after seeing the images of suffering in the American people, loses his faith in God. He can not believe that any God would subject his people to such cruelty and pain as he has seen. For a long time Casey is disillusioned with the idea of God and gives up on his faith. However, after seeing what this hopeless...
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...Brian Garcia English 102 Professor Koplow October 5, 2013 In his book, Utopia, Sir Thomas More examines the crippled government system in England. He wrote Utopia in 1516, during the reign of King Henry VIII. He takes on this satire through the eyes of his fictional character Raphael Hythloday, where Utopia is described as a society that seems to be the ideal living situation for human beings. A society far more advanced and just. Raphael believes Utopia’s greatest achievements include becoming the perfect society. As a nation that is based on rational thought, and religious tolerance. Where everything is shared, including your home, a world with great productivity for the greater good of the nation. In Utopia there is no class distinctions, no greed for money or gold, therefore crime and immoral behavior is kept to a minimum. In Utopia, there is no private property. Everything is owned by everyone and there is no need for anyone to want more that another person because everyone in the society works together to supply ample provisions for the whole community. When describing Utopia, Raphael points out many of the problems that he sees in English society. One of the most striking examples of English social problems that Hythloday points out is the insistence of the English monarchy to emphasize class distinction. You’re either wealthy or a peasant. But he does say how can anyone “value himself because his cloth is made of a finer thread: for how...
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...BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION TITLE: EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF MANAGEMENT NAME: OBADIAH KIPRONO ROTICH REG NO. MBA/GC/690/13/14 COURSE CODE: 510 COURSE NAME:MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL ANALYSIS LECTURER :SR LUCY DATE:3/6/2014 Management is the organization and coordination of the activities of a business in order to achieve defined objectives. Management is often included as a factor of production along with machines, materials, and money. According to the management guru Peter Drucker (1909-2005), the basic task of management includes both marketing and innovation. Practice of modern management originates from the 16th century study of low-efficiency and failures of certain enterprises, conducted by the English statesman Sir Thomas More (1478-1535). Management consists of the interlocking functions of creating corporate policy and organizing, planning, controlling, and directing an organization's resources in order to achieve the objectives of that policy.The directors and managers who have the power and responsibility to make decisions and oversee an enterprise. The size of management can range from one person in a small organization to hundreds or thousands of managers in multinational companies. In large organizations, the board of directors defines the policy which is then carried out by the chief executive officer, or CEO. Some people agree that in order to evaluate a company's current and future worth, the most important factors are the quality and experience...
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...someone who was revered by some as a Queen. II. Rise to Power A. Early years 1. Netherlands 2. France 3 Reason for return B. King Henry VIII's court 1.Henry’s attention/treatment 2. Political position 3. Anne pregnancy Transitional statement: As queen Anne accomplished many things that greatly impacted England. III. Reign of England A. Marriage to Henry VIII 1. Annulment of marriage to Catherine 2.Separation from Roman Catholic Church B. Anne’s influence on Henry 1. The beheading of close friends of the king, Cardinal Wolsey, John Fisher, and Sir Thomas More. 2. Dissolution of monasteries 3. Henry’s declaration of himself as Supreme Head of the Church of England. Transitional statement: Anne, Queen at the time grew hysterical at the end of her reign because she feared execution and feared Henry’s interest laid elsewhere , this ultimately lead to her downfall. Fall from power A. Downfall 1. Inability to have a son...
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...is no such thing as private property over there. Thomas More and Peter Giles can’t believe that such a principle exists and that it would lead to a more prosperous way of living nonetheless. Intrigued on how such society can exist with no sense of private property, More and Giles urge Raphael to speak more about this island of Utopia. Raphael’s explanation of his experience in Utopia is all covered in part two of More’s book. According to Raphael’s explanation of utopia, the community is only interested to produce the minimal amount needed to survive. Every community member pitches in to do their part in making the basic resources needed by the society. If someone decides to travel to another part of the island that he/she must provide some sort of labor to receive food and must do so with permission or punishment will follow. The people of Utopia press very hard that you must not be idle and should indulge your spare time doing something useful. The community values making most of their spare time to either engage in more work or become more knowledgeable by reading or attend lectures....
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...Explain at least four of the ways in which More tries to reduce the work load for individuals in Utopia. What did he want Utopians to do in their spare time? Is More’s attitude about labor the same as Marx’s? Why or why not? When comparing Utopia by Sir Thomas More and The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, it is clearly noticeable that both take on different extremes while discussing common issues. For instance, Thomas More believes that idleness is unnecessary and that the workload shouldn’t be as burdensome, therefore he finds a way to lessen the workload by lessening the work hours for each day, creating gender specific occupations, emphasizing the importance of reason and intellectual exploration, and lastly through strategic punishment. Karl Marx on the other hand, believes that division of labor leads to the alienation of mankind. Both Utopia and The Communist Manifesto provide insight on a whirlwind of different beliefs all to come to the conclusion that the working class should not suffer. In Utopia people are not forced to work for unreasonable hours each day. The Utopian day is broken into twenty-four hours; Utopians only work for six hours per day (three before lunch and three after). Utopians also sleep on average about eight hours a day. This leaves them with a great deal of free time, which they are free to do with as they will, as long as they do not spend it in idleness. Most people use their free time to engage in intellectual...
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...resists authority” –Oscar Wilde, this quote shows how throughout history there is always an individual who will stand up against a tyrant. This is also a feature of literature as well which is shown by: Brutus in ‘Julius Caesar’ who is fighting because of his ideals for a perfect life of liberty, Winston Smith in ‘1984’ who is fighting against a brutal totalitarian regime and Sir Thomas More in ‘A man for all seasons’ who is fighting due to his conscience being able to rule over his loyalty to King Henry. All three of these characters are in positions of power within the states they will later fight against: Brutus is one of Caesar’s key advisers who is described as patriotic as shown by the quote “Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more” and is frequently referred to as an honourable man, Winston Smith is a technician within the Ministry of Truth and his job is to destroy any parts of history which disagree with the official party line and is described as having a “varicose ulcer above his right ankle” which forces him to “rest several times” on his way home and finally Sir Thomas More is Henry’s Chancellor of the Exchequer and is described as a kind and generous man who “would give anything to anyone” and very importantly he is a staunch Catholic, but what drives each of these men to strike out against the state they themselves are a part of? “Wherever there is a man who exercises authority, there is a person who resists authority” – Oscar Wilde, This quote...
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...power dominate the characters, therefore developing the recurring theme that power leaves no space for moral duty. William Shakespeare’s Macbeth exemplifies the theme of passion and power versus morality. The play begins when three witches promise Macbeth, thane of Glamis, that he will inherit Cawdor and later become King. “All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, thane of Cawdor!” “All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!” (14) Once he is named thane of Cawdor, he becomes compelled by the thought of being crowned King. As the current King is still living, Macbeth finds himself thinking of the impossible, murder. As he contemplates whether he should kill the king or not, the desire for power slowly permeates his moral duties, making him more and more ruthless. He is no longer what he seems, “Fair is foul, and foul is fair.” (2) Macbeth, clearly mourning about his contemptuous thoughts, begins to suffer psychologically. He does not want to accept that he is capable of having such horrible thoughts, “Let not light see my black and deep desires.” (28) His deep desire for power and providing his children the guarantee to the throne affects him immensely. As Macbeth is a kind and good man, he does not have the ability to commit murder, however, his wife, Lady Macbeth, has a greater desire for power than he. She knows very well Macbeth would not play false, therefore she decides, “That I may...
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...acting as a make shift chorus, the Common Man is able to persuade the audience to remain detached in order to consider the many layered, multi-dimensional More and to consider his motivation and reasoning for his action of remaining ‘silent’. The Common Man also allows and encourages a very dramatic contrast of character between More and himself, along with what would seem characters of ‘all seasons’ in Rich and the State. By lacking in character development, the Common Man is able to successfully communicate the intricacies of More’s concise and important construction. From the beginning of the play, opening with a grand declaration of ‘the Sixteenth Century is the century of the common man’, the audience is immediately aware of his importance in not only beginning, but in the unfolding of events as a sort of commentator as the play progresses. He is meant, as suggested by his distinctive label of ‘the common man’ and his seemingly unidentifiable ‘black’ bit of cloth for a costume, to represent a jack-of-all-trades, a shapeshifter. Most importantly, he is a physical presence on stage that communicates directly with the audience – a constant reminder that this play is not meant to be regarded in the hearts of those watching, but with the heads. He often foreshadows events, offering a suggestion that there will be ‘something that [More] want to keep; and he’ll be out of practice’ which in itself does not communicate very much on its own, but...
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...contrast between the wealth of the Church and the poverty of the people encouraged the kind of criticism that led to the Reformation.' Explain why you agree or disagree with this view. * 'Wolsey fell from power not because he failed to secure the divorce but because he failed to win over Anne Boleyn.' Explain why you agree or disagree with this view. * 'Sir Thomas More was the architect of his own downfall.' Explain why you agree or disagree with this view. * 'From archbishop to parish priest, the English clergy fully supported the Act of Supremacy in 1534.' Explain why you agree or disagree with this view. * 'The Reformation owed more to the work of Cranmer than it did to Cromwell.' Explain why you agree or disagree with this view. * 'The dissolution of the monasteries had little to do with the king's religious conviction and everything to do with the king's greed.' Explain why you agree or disagree with this view. * 'Catholicism without the Pope best describes the religion of England at the end of Henry VIII's reign.' Explain why you agree or disagree with this view. * 'In the early sixteenth century, the Church was more important in the lives of wealthy people than those of the poor.' Explain why you agree or disagree with this view. * 'New religious ideas were the result of the spread of humanism.' Explain why you agree or disagree with this view. * 'New religious ideas had limited support in England before 1529.' Explain why...
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...language and register seems to befit the setting of the scene in terms of its historical context and being in a court of law, with phrases such as "betokened" and "traitorously". This provides a convincing scene for the audience, in which Bolt can explore more universal political ideas. First, Bolt examines the nature of power through the language he chooses, particularly with regard to the power invested in the prosecutor. For example, Cromwell's charge against More includes three examples of tautology: "traitorously and maliciously", "deny and deprive" and "undoubted certain". The use of excessive emotive language and rhetorical devices demonstrates Cromwell's ability to launch an emphatic and powerful charge revealing his bullying and perhaps also his lust for power. The fact that Bolt gives the prosecutor in a court such a facility with language gives Cromwell power and authority in the court, leaving the defendant in some ways at a disadvantage. Indeed, directors staging this scene could emphasise Bolt's stage direction of 'formal' to indicate how the words should be delivered to show the linguistic strength Cromwell has. Bolt packs Cromwell's speech full of rhetorical devices. Much is made of the word 'silence', upon which More stands. Cromwell's points are driven...
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...The Frick Collection, New York Thomas More UTOPIA* First edition, Louvain, Flanders, 1516, in Latin First edition in English, 1551, by Ralph Robynson, with the subtitle: A fruitful, pleasant, and witty work, of the best state of a public weal and of the new isle called Utopia . . . Excerpts* _______ Hans Holbein, Sir Thomas More, 1527 A meter of four verses in the Utopian tongue, briefly touching as well the strange beginning, as also the happy and wealthy continuance, of the same commonwealth. Utopos ha Boccas peula chama polta chamaan. Bargol he maglomi Baccan soma gymnosophaon, Agrama gymnosophon labarem bacha bodamilomin. Volvala barchin heman la lavolvala dramme pagloni. Cornelius Graphey1 to the Reader Wilt thou know what wonders strange be in the land that late was found? Wilt thou learn thy life to lead by divers ways that godly be? Wilt thou of virtue and of vice understand the very ground? Wilt thou see this wretched world, how full it is of vanity? Then read and mark and bear in mind, for thy behoof, as thou may best. All things that in this present work that worthy clerk Sir Thomas More, With wit divine full learnedly, unto the world hath plain expressed, In whom London well glory may, for wisdom and for godly lore. Which verses the translator, according to his simple knowledge and mean understanding in the Utopian tongue hath thus rudely Englished. and Utopus by name, My king muchconquererand immortal fame, A prince of renown Hath made...
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