ThomasMore—AManforAllSeasons

【纯为英国文学史期中考写的。。。po上来现个眼~】He’sthewriterofUtopiaHe’sagreathumanistHe’shonest,loyalandnoble.He’sThomasMore.Tillnow,he’salwaysthemoralparagoninWesterncountriesThekingatthattime,Henry8th,showedgreatrespecttoMore.Here,wecannotbutadmirethetoleranceoftheking,fortheidealsofMorewereincollisionwiththekingship.But,Henrytoleratedallofthese,andtreatedMoreasagoodteacheraswellasahelpfulfriend.WhentheCardinalWolseywasinprison,HenryinvitedMorepersonallytobehisfirstMinister.However,MorewasapiousCatholic.ThedivorceoftheKingdisobeyedthewillofthePope.MorecouldnotstandthetiniestbitofcontemptforthePopeortheCatholicsystem.Tooursurprise,HenryonlyaskedMoretodealwithotherpoliticalaffairsandpromisedthathewouldnotmadeMoreinvolvedinhisdivorce.ThetrustMorewonfromtheKingisclearlyremarkable.Whentheplagueragingthroughthecountry,manypeoplewerekilledoffandthewholecitywasinflames.While,Moretookhisfamilyreadingbookspeacefullyinfrontofthefireplace.Hewasnotafraidofdeath.HetoldhisdaughterhehadsurrenderedhislifetotheGod.TheonlythinghehadtofearwerethepamphletsofMartinLuther,thepagan.SowhenMorewasfacingthedevoutpriest,Fish,whoadvertisedMartinLuther’sthinking,hecouldhardlycontainhisanger.Actually,bothMoreandFisharemenoftruefaith.Theybelievedinthesamegodbuthadserioussplitonthewaysandmeans.WhenFishtiedonthestakeframeandthefireburning,otherbishopsturnedaway.Forthem,hewasoneofthethousandsofexecutedpagans.ButMorewasdifferent.HepeeredatFishuntilhewasswallowedbytheflames.PerhapsMorehadhadn’tthehearttohurtthismanofstrongconviction,butalsobecauseofhisfaith,hehadtodothat.Henry’stemperbecameworseandworse.In1535,SirThomasMorewassentencedtotheguillotinebythekingbecauseheresolutelyopposedthereligiousreformationheldbyHenry8th.Let’srememberThomasMore—amanforallseasons.