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    Define Utopia

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    you define dystopia? What about utopia? Many people don’t know the difference between the two‚ because the line can be very thin. Hopefully‚ this article will help you discover the specifics of each. The key differences between dystopian and utopian fiction can be found in how the story is constructed and told. Dystopia usually presents a story told out of despair. Utopia presents the "prime directive"‚ so to speak‚ of a message of hope and occasionally‚ overwhelming so. Dystopia normally has

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    Dystopia in Aldous Huxley ’s Brave New Worl It ’s hard to imagine yet somehow so extremely close to us is the possibility of a world of ideal perfection where there is no room or acceptance of individuality. Yet‚ as we strive towards the growth of technology and improvement of our daily living we come closer to closing the gap between the freedom of emotions‚ self understanding‚ and of speech and the devastation of a dystopia. A utopia‚ or perfect world‚ gone awry is displayed in Aldous Huxley

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    Dystopian Literature

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    and films resonate with your own reading? ‘Dystopian literature has been characterised as fiction that presents a negative view of the future of society and humankind’ (Contemporary Literary Criticism 2003‚ Vol. 168). Through the exploration of dystopia within a novel or film‚ the composer often highlights the shocking ramifications of potential decisions made in the present. Composers use these texts to convey their speculations on political or scientific concerns that presently exist. They often

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    it is an imagined state or place in which everything is unpleasant. Often dystopia is used in literature to exaggerate current trends and political

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    1984: A Perfect Society

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    utopia and that is called a dystopia. A dystopia is‚ “A society characterized by human misery” (Dystopia Dictionary.com). No society can be truly perfect and so many people try to come to this so called utopia. Which causes conflict and those people become too much to handle. So the creators of this society sets rules and boundaries to not only set a balance to the community but also to not have people suspect what that society really is. The book 1984 is about a dystopia called Oceania and what it

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    realities‚ yet this cannot be done without the characteristic traits of a world delineated with powerful objectivity. Swift‟s “dramatic satire” led to the creation of his anti-utopias / dystopias‚ which are essentially fruitful‚ and thus capable of generating an undeniable curative function. Key-words: utopia‚ dystopia‚ satire‚ narrative‚ irony‚ allegory Introduction. The main contention of the present paper does not concern (general) questions of literary history so much as the analytic identification

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    to strive for utopia within their world. Their world doesn’t need to be a dystopia but in striving they make their current situation even worse. But it’s not possible to reach utopia‚ so in trying to reach that impossible thing you reach dystopia. According to www.questia.com‚ “Dystopian literature is a genre of fictional writing used to explore social and political structures in ’a dark‚ nightmare world.’ The term dystopia is defined as a society characterized by poverty‚ squalor or oppression and

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    in love with Queen Cleopatra. She gave birth to twins‚ Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene. Antony had to go back to Rome and leave his new family. The Senate made Antony marry Octavian’s sister Octavia Minor. Cleopatra had a third child named Ptolemy Philadelphus. In 32 B.C. Antony divorced Octavia so Octavian declared war on Egypt. Cleopatra and Antony’s combined forces lost to Octavian. Antony and Cleopatra committed suicide together by getting bitten by a poisonous snake. When Antony died his

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    most about Antony’s tragic decline‚ and so therefore he is the most credible. This is perhaps most prominent when Enobarbus is talking with Agrippa and Maecenas in Act 2 Scene 3 and when Maecenas’ character tells him that “Now Antony must leave [Octavia] utterly”‚ the reply is “Never! He will not.” This shows the audience that Enobarbus’ character knows the most about Antony‚ as he is the only character who knows that Antony will never leave Cleopatra‚ and so he is the only character that is able

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    mathematicians who served an important role in NASA during the early years of the US space program. It is a story of brilliance‚ and struggle. Set in 1960s‚ Hampton‚ Virginia‚ during the space race. Katherine Johnson (Taraji Henson)‚ Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer)‚ and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monae) were three African American women who worked at NASA in the early 60s. They worked behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn (Glen Powell) into orbit. There are

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