Thomas More's "Utopia" features the description of an ideal commonwealth established in the island of Utopia. ... The second book describes the country of Utopia, its inhabitants and their customs in great detail. ... (Utopia, Bk. 1; Logan and Adams, p.9) Hythloday explained, men were forced into a life of thievery through desperation. ... (Utopia, Bk. 1; Logan and Adams, p.13) No choice remains to them but to beg and be "jailed as idle vagrants"(Utopia, Bk. 1; Logan and Adams, p.13) or "steal, and so be hanged"(Utopia, Bk. 1; Logan and Adams, p.13). More effectively counters the problems...

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