Focus Question: How does More comment on his times through Utopia? Syllabus outcome: Describe the interrelationship between the religious environment and the social and cultural context on which the literature draws. Introduction: When I chose to review Utopia, I can honestly say that I had no idea of what I was letting myself in for. The book is so complex and there are so many conflicting ideas and interpretations that for a time I considered …showed first 75 words of 1400 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1400 total…try to do each one his share to mend our own selves and ease the burden of our fellow-men, to improve man-kind and prepare for the world to come. " Therefore, despite all the difficulties in interpreting Utopia, More is ultimately calling on European society to change their ways for the betterment of human-kind, and his principles on religious plurality and social welfare were forward thinking. Many of the problems he addresses still plague society today.