This passage was extremely difficult to read. In fact, I read it three different times and still found it tedious. I did, however, begin to form some opinions about this story and the author. I found the piece comical, but I had a hard time feeling sorry for Morton because of all of the noses he "tweaked." He basically got what he asked for. It was like bringing fresh meat to a crowd of starving mountain lions and wondering why they are mauling you too. The story was considerably biased because the Puritans imprisoned him twice. I found the writing to be ingenious. The way he used Greek and Roman mythology to poke fun at the Puritans, knowing full well that the Puritans were firmly against higher education and the only book they were supposed to read was the Bible. Therefore, they did not "get" the jokes. When referring to the island that he was dropped on with only a thin suit that he must go through the winter with is highly questionable. Did the Puritans intentionally leave him on the island to die, and he was simply rescued by chance; or did the Puritans have the intention of coming back to fetch him? No one will ever know.
Morton's primary goal in writing this selection was to expose the hypocrisy that ran rampant through the Puritan society. In the process, Morton showed the biblical significance between the Puritan ideas and the Jewish ideas. The puritans fled England to pursue religious freedom, just as the Jews did in Egypt, the only problem was that once the Puritans settled themselves in America, they began persecuting anyone who believed differently than them.
Morton was the cause of his problems. Had he simply played by the Puritan rules he would have never been in the situations that he found himself in. But after all, isn't that what our country was founded on, a group of people that refused to play be by the rules? .
Thomas Morton was a lawyer in England who traveled to New England several times. ... Morton viewed the New World as a suitable place to inhabit. ... Morton's approach to the new World was one out of respect. ... Thomas Morton and William Bradford both had experiences with the unknown. ... Morton had a much more successful and smooth beginning. ...
After having carefully observed and analyzed both sides of the argument on Captain Thomas Preston's trial, I have come to the conclusion that he is not guilty. ... William Wyatt testified that the Captain was wearing a "cloth coloured surtout," while Theodore Bliss says he was wearing a red surtout, while on the other hand Diman Morton says he was positive the captain was NOT wearing red. ...
Thomas More's "Utopia" features the description of an ideal commonwealth established in the island of Utopia. ... He talks about his visit to the home of Cardinal Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury. Hythloday had challenged one of Morton's guest lawyers in the an argument concerning the effectiveness of the English system of justice. ...
In his work, Utopia, Book One Thomas More delivers a tale of the ideal place, which appears real in every way. ... More uses juxtaposition to connect his concept of the ideal place to the actual world not just the Monarchy, but also to the history of England when he refers to the Battle of Blackheath (579), and then to his time spent learning with John Cardinal Morton, a well-respected cardinal of the day (579). ... When readers read the work of Thomas More with the mindset that the two concepts are in juxtaposition to one another the answers to these questions begin to become clear. ...
Utopia was written by Thomas more during a pertid of new ideas and political enlightmen called the rainissance.The book is based on a conversation that three men are having.Thomas Moore is one of the men taking part in the conversation, hes a very conservitive diplomat whom is very closed minded on ohter peoples baliefs.and views on politics.Peter Giles is the other man takinig part in the conversation, her has about the same intellect as Moore and hes is also one of Moores close associets.Raphael Hythloday is the third man taking part in the coversation he is jack of all trades; a philosoph...
According to reports, the day prior to the launch engineers from Morton Thikol warned NASA the mission would be unsafe due to the weather conditions that had been forecasted for the morning of the launch. ... " Somehow NASA was able to convince the engineers of Morton Thiokol to reverse their decision and in the end; the result was fatal for seven astronauts. ... An online article written by Nitha Thomas states that "effective communication is an inseparable part of a successful organization and better communication skills at the workplace to enable the employees as well as the em...
As I was reading some poems by an author named John Donne. I looked more into his work. I was really interested in what other poems and what other work he has done. As I learned more about him this is what I came across. John Donne was ranked with Milton as one of the greatest English poets. He w...
The Political Power of the NRA The National Rifle Association (NRA) is a private organization founded on promoting rifle shooting on a scientific level. The NRA has influenced many events in American history. Also they have quite a large amount of influence on government issues. The foun...
Their leader was Thomas Harrison who was one of those who had signed Charles' death warrant so even from this known fact; you are able to see how far someone would go for change. ... In relation to the levellers, Morton stated that 'they had many supporters but not amongst the classes that traditionally had power.' ...
