tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post7737811642492162441..comments2024-03-28T15:16:29.965-05:00Comments on Tudor Q and A: Question from Sara - Quote from "Utopia"Larahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16630629272030282584noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post-24009779166515193492010-10-01T18:41:54.909-05:002010-10-01T18:41:54.909-05:00Entspinster said:
"In Utopia couples who pla...Entspinster said:<br /><br />"In Utopia couples who plan on marrying are required to see each other naked (but chaperoned)."<br /><br />Recently I read something relevant to that in a review of a More biography: when his daughters were in their teens, he took a suitor to their bedroom when they were sleeping, removed the bedcover and lifted up their nightgowns so the suitor could see them naked. The suitor chose the one he found most attractive. <br /><br />Haven't read the biog, so I don't know if that point in Utopia is brought in. Maybe the story is based on the point in Utopia.shtovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16109559722715781557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post-72701703496665592512010-03-24T03:53:06.492-05:002010-03-24T03:53:06.492-05:00I recommend you read R. W. Chamber's Thomas Mo...I recommend you read R. W. Chamber's Thomas More for an excellent overviewAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post-46412183356418219892010-03-12T11:16:06.432-06:002010-03-12T11:16:06.432-06:00"Utopia" is the original example of a fo..."Utopia" is the original example of a form of satire that mocks society by portraying an imagined world where real problems have been "fixed", often rather absurdly. In Utopia couples who plan on marrying are required to see each other naked (but chaperoned). This reflects 1) the problem of marriages where a couple legally bound for life might find out too late that ignorance about the partner has lead to major unhappiness. 2) the use of fashion to appear more desirable than one really is. So you can't really tell if Utopian practices are what More thought would be a good idea. You can assume, however, that he disaproves of the real problems that the Utopians avoid by doing things differently.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com