Raphael Hythloday
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Raphael Hythloday is the fictional Portuguese traveler and philosopher in Thomas More’s "Utopia" who narrates and critiques European society through his account of the idealized island commonwealth.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Portuguese person in fiction
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ narrator ⓘ philosopher ⓘ traveler ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Utopia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Renaissance humanism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginInFiction | Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Thomas More NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| critiques |
European legal systems
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European penal practices ⓘ European society ⓘ private property in Europe ⓘ social inequality in Europe ⓘ |
| describes | island commonwealth of Utopia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dialogueWith |
Peter Giles (character)
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Thomas More (character) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discusses |
communal property in Utopia
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education in Utopia ⓘ labor organization in Utopia ⓘ religious tolerance in Utopia ⓘ war and peace in Utopia ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceForm | prose dialogue ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 1516 ⓘ |
| genreOfWork |
political philosophy
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utopian literature ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Latin ⓘ |
| literaryFunction |
spokesperson for utopian ideas
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vehicle for social criticism ⓘ |
| medium | literature ⓘ |
| nameEtymology |
Hythloday derives from Greek meaning peddler of nonsense or idle talk
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Raphael may allude to the archangel Raphael NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person account of Utopia ⓘ |
| nationality | Portuguese ⓘ |
| occupation |
philosopher
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traveler ⓘ |
| philosophicalStance |
advocate of communal ownership
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critical of enclosure and land privatization ⓘ critical of monarchy ⓘ skeptical of court politics ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
critic of European society
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describer of the island of Utopia ⓘ primary narrator of Utopia ⓘ |
| settingOfTravels | various parts of the New World (in fiction) ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFictionalActivity | early 16th century ⓘ |
| workPublicationLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| workPublicationPlace | Leuven NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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