Comparing Margaret Cavendish’s The Description of a New World, Called t

Comparing Margaret Cavendishs The Description of a tonic World, Called the Blazing World and Sir Thomas more(prenominal)s UtopiaThe so-called Utopia the quasi-perfect society flourishes in Margaret Cavendishs The Description of a New World, Called a Blazing World and Sir Thomas Mores Utopia. fleck the former is a dreamlike account of fantasy rule and the latter a pseudo-realistic travelogue, both works paint a picture of worlds that are not so perfect after all. These imperfections glitter like false gemstones in the paths of these Utopians spectral beliefs, political systems, and philosophical viewpoints. Religion and spirituality reach into the depths of the human fountainhead and strongly influence a nations way of life. In Margaret Cavendishs Blazing World, the Emperor and the inhabitants of the Blazing World worship Margaret, who renamed herself Margaret the First. highly revered as a deity by the people, Margaret is surprised to discover that females do no t have a high place in the religious fabric of the Blazing World. Women are barred from religious assemblies, because it is promiscuous for men and women to be together during religious worship, so women must remain at root to worship in the privacy of their rooms (Cavendish 1767). Priests and governors are made eunuchs to safeguard them from women and children who, according to Margarets advisors, make too much disturbances in the church and in the state. In Sir Thomas Mores Utopia, women priests are highly regarded. However, churches here are also segregated the men sit on one boldness and while the women sit on the other. Aside from thinking that the peoples of the Blazing World are segregated as Jews, Turks, or Christians because women are... ...r recognition should not exist, yet in Mores Utopia, these beliefs exist at the very heart of the citizens being. In both of the purported Utopian worlds, the imperfect religious traditions, rigid governing systems, and lopsided philosophical beliefs mar what are otherwise model worlds for all other nations to imitate. Margaret Cavendish and Sir Thomas More, in their differing styles, are able to convey that no world is perfect, nevertheless there is room for change, for everyone can fabricate their own imaginary worlds and travelogues.Works CitedCavendish, Margaret. The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing World. 1666, 1668. Norton Anthology of English Literature. 7th ed. 2 vols. New York Norton, 2000, 1 1765-1771.More, Sir Thomas. Utopia. 1516. . Norton Anthology of English Literature. 7th ed. 2 vols. New York Norton, 2000, 1 1765-1771.