!) Thomas More Flashcards
‘false flatterers…
puff up a man in pride’ (Dialogue)
‘flattery shall have…
more place than plain and faithful advice’ (Richard III)
‘They endorse and…
flatter the most absurd statements’ (Utopia)
Anemolian ambassadors; ‘full of
gold and chains’ (Utopia)
‘That takes its…
cue… adapts itself to the drama in hand and acts its part neatly’ (Utopia)
‘these matters be…
kings games, as it were, stage plays, and for the most part played upon scaffolds’ (Richard III)
‘they disorder the play…
and do themselves no good’ (Richard III)
What is significant about the crowd when Richard III is portrayed as initially refusing and then later accepting the crown?
They have been stage managed
‘but what if he…
call it a horn, where am I then?’ (Richard III)
‘Forsooth, Cousin…
he played his part very properly’ (Dialogue) - a flatterer, unable to surpass his predecessors obsequiousness, pretends to be overcome by emotion
Which work by Erasmus helps explain the pun on the name of the character More?
Erasmus, Moriae Encomium (1511) [in praise of folly]
‘yet sometimes…
a rather clever thing came out’ (Utopia - Hythloday describing the fool at Cardinal Morton’s court)
What Latin word is the fool in Utopia described as and what Greek word does this pun on?
Morio (Latin for fool); μοριν (Greek for councillor)
‘I never saw…
a fool yet that thought himself other than wise!… if a fool perceive himself a fool, that point is no folly but a little spark of wit’ (Dialogue)
How does Anthony describe himself through the Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation?
‘old fool’
‘thieves bring thither…
their stolen goods and there live thereon’ (Richard III)
How does the Queen Mother refer to Buckingham’s arguments on sanctuary?
‘goodly gloss’, ‘a trifling pretext’
How does the Cardinal interrupt the young lawyer and his incomprehensibly formulaic arguments?
‘hold your tongue… for you won’t be finished in a few words’ (Utopia)
‘The public would not…
be any better off if I bartered my peace of mind for some ruler’s convenience’ (Utopia)
‘There is no place…
for philosophy in the council of kings’ (Utopia)
‘the difference is only…
a matter of one syllable’ (Utopia) [Service vs Servitude]
‘while I try to cure…
others of madness, I’ll be raving along with them myself’ (Utopia)
‘scattering our minds… about…
so many trifling things’ (Dialogue)
‘Withdraw… [from]…
all worldly fantasies’ (Dialogue)
