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A bit of in-class presentation for Utopia. It might not make a whole lot of sense, since I do try to explain what is in a powerpoint rather than just read the thing to the people in the room.
Anyway. My main point is that More is attacking Henry VIII in Utopia. One of the ways we can see that is in the attacks on fine clothes and precious metals and gems. The idea is that readers should draw the conclusion that non-Utopian government people are being mocked, and by extension Henry is being mocked.
A bit of in-class presentation for Utopia. It might not make a whole lot of sense, since I do try to explain what is in a powerpoint rather than just read the thing to the people in the room.
Anyway. My main point is that More is attacking Henry VIII in Utopia. One of the ways we can see that is in the attacks on fine clothes and precious metals and gems. The idea is that readers should draw the conclusion that non-Utopian government people are being mocked, and by extension Henry is being mocked.
A bit of in-class presentation for Utopia. It might not make a whole lot of sense, since I do try to explain what is in a powerpoint rather than just read the thing to the people in the room.
Anyway. My main point is that More is attacking Henry VIII in Utopia. One of the ways we can see that is in the attacks on fine clothes and precious metals and gems. The idea is that readers should draw the conclusion that non-Utopian government people are being mocked, and by extension Henry is being mocked.
the king of England loves clothes (and the good life generally) he was a spendthrift just look at him over there (in the 1520s) absolute monarch The gems and ambassadors Utopia context gold, gems and fine clothes have no value to adult Utopians they're children's toys the Anemolians are sending ambassadors along with slaves The gems and the ambassadors totus ille splendor apparatus pudendus uidebatur, et inIimum quemque pro dominis reuerenter salutantes, legatos ipsos ex aurearum usu catenarum pro seruis habitos, sine ullo prorsus honore praetermiserunt. quin pueros quoque uidisses, qui gemmas ac margaritas abiecerant, ubi in legatorum pileis aIIixas conspexerunt, compellare matrem ac latus Iodere. All oI that splendor seemed to be shameIully elaborate. They greeted each oI the lowly as lords and with overlooked the ambassadorswithout any honor at allmistaking them Ior slaves, since they wore chains oI gold. And iI you had also seen the boys, who had thrown away the gems and pearls, when they saw them Iixed to the hats oI the ambassadors, call their mothers and dig their sides. The gems and the ambassadors 'en mater, quam magnus nebulo margaritis adhuc et gemmulis utitur, ac si esset puerulus! at parens serio etiam illa, 'tace inquit 'Iili, est opinor quispiam e morionibus legatorum. alii catenas illas aureas reprehendere, utpote nullius usus, quippe tam graciles, ut eas Iacile seruus inIringere, tam laxas rursus, uti cum Iuerit libitum possit excutere, et solutus ac liber quouis auIugere. 'Hey, mom, this big clown still uses gems and pearls, just as iI he were a boy! But that parent says earnestly, 'Be quiet son, he is, I think, one oI the Iools oI the ambassadors. Others passed judgment on the golden chains, since they were oI no use, obviously so thin that a slave could break them, and also so loose that he could run Iree whenever he wanted to break them.