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Plot Summary of Thomas More
"The career of Thomas More the Chancelor of Henry the VIII who was executed because he refused to accept the right of Henry to run the church and later was made a Catholic Saint"
Tom Munro, Resident Scholar

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Plot
job/profession: - politician
Ethnic/Relig. of subject (inside) - Christian
Job/profession/poverty story Yes
Ethnic/regional/gender Yes
Politician story? - Politician trying to avoid reform

Subject of Biography
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - religious figure
Biography of famous person? Yes
Ethnicity - White
Nationality - British
How sensitive is this person? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other people
Physique - average physique

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 3 (some)
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK
Century: - distant past

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - very explicit references to deaths and torture
Book makes you feel? - depressed
Commentary on society? Yes
Writer's slant towards subject: - very favorable
Story of entire life, or part? - story of nearly entire life
How much dialogue in bio? - little dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 76%-100% of book
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