Thomas Mores 1516 frame narrative Utopia and Terry Gilliams 1985 film Brazil both

portray the inherent link between context and representations of ideas, indicating that ideas
transcend time and the context of the composer. Lack of freedom is a concept explored in
these texts that expresses the presence of inflated state power and an oppressed public.
Thomas More critiques this concept using Renaissance Humanist ideals related to justice
and equity, ideas imparted on More by Plato and his text The Republic. Gilliam reciprocates
this perspective as his production satirises the modern government, expressing distress
towards the government run by Margaret Thatcher who stated there is no such thing as
society. Truth and illusion are ideas that depict a desire to escape reality, as well as the
control that authority possesses over the individual. More and Gilliam effectively portray the
influence of context on representations of freedom, and truth and illusion, communicating the
notion that ideas are timeless and will always remain relevant.