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In Golzalo's speach about plantation of the isle, is Shakespeare trying to put through the message of his Utopia?Had I plantation of this isle, my lord-
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I the wealth I would by contararies
Execute all things; for no kind of traffic
Would I admit; no name of magistrate;
Letters should not be known; riches, poverty,
And use of service, none; contract, succession,
Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none;
No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil;
No occupation; all men idle, all,
And women too, but innocent and pure;
No sovereignty-
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All things in common nature should produce
Without sweat or endeavor. Treason, felony,
Sword, pike, knife, gun, or need of any engine
Would I not have; but nature should bring forth,
Of its own kind, all foison, all abundance,
To feed my innocent people.Any answers?
Posted by Shelby on March 21, 1997 at 20:23:51
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