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Utopias in Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

In six pages this paper examines how utopia ultimately led to dystopia in a comparative consideration of these two literary works....

Francis Bacon, Thomas More, and Their Visions of Utopia

it eliminates poverty and the inequalities wherein the rich rule. However, it is also a place of rigid social control. People ar...

Her Land by Gilman

A paper which takes a personal perspective on Gilman's classic text. Gilman presents a Utopia populated entirely by women, in a na...

Imperfection Valued in Utopia by Sir Thomas More

island Utopia was to be the highest state of the republic, a society governed by reason and fairness, rejecting greed and based on...

No Social Perfection in Utopia by Sir Thomas More

The utopians of the 16th century were fairly relaxed on the matter of beliefs, though their moral codes seem to come from the Bibl...

Failure of Communism in Utopia by Sir Thomas More IV

only six hours a day, leaving plenty of time for leisure. Everyone lives in a pleasant home surrounded by a garden. Communities ha...

Analytical Overview of Utopia by Sir Thomas More

both Baker and Bruce, More is not always consistent in the framework which he sets up for his imaginary society. Bruce addresses h...

Late Medieval Period Account of Spielvogel and Utopia by Thomas More

peasantry, although far more numerous, have very few material resources and no political power at all: they have no say in the way...

Medieval Times and Attitudes About Women

the man is Ywain she is happy and tells him, "she ought not refuse to take as lord a good knight and the son of a king" which is s...

Satire and Utopia in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

of war, and its punishments for crime in the name of law and order were extreme. To Jonathan Swift, England more closely resemble...

Seventeenth Century 'Old English' Literature

observing the "loud mirth in the hall," yet unable to be a part of such fellowship due to no fault of its own, but rather the circ...

Social Impact of Utopia by Thomas More

he was chosen as reader at Furnivalls Inn and reappointed for three successive years - a considerable honor for such a young man" ...

Perfect Model of Utopia and Karl Marx's 'The Communist Manifesto'

priest, the poet, the man of science, into its paid wage- labourers" (21). Here, it is seen that the essence of man was destroyed...

4 Voyages in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

traveled to Lilliput, where there was a constant state of war between the Lilliputians and their bitter enemies, the Blefuscudians...

Dystopian and Utopian Literature from 1500-2000

design a society that people might like. For example, in terms of sexual repression, Mores Utopia would allow people to see one an...

Discussing Modern Entertainment and its Utopian Possibilities

that are easily overcome (Carey, 2000). This is a reflection of their inventive mind where it is the message and not the mechanics...

Review of Barry Unsworth's Sacred Hunger

interesting view of the historical factors which made slavery an accepted part of white society. He takes tradition one step furt...

Concepts of Restraint and Freedom in Utopia by Thomas More

the society of sixteenth-century England. For example, the Utopian cities are all built on similar lines, at least as far as possi...

Thomas More - Utopia

why it has that affect. In this paper we will consider the last two paragraphs of Mores work giving an opinion on the affect it...

Women in the Literary Works of Edward A. Abbott and Thomas More

to take up arms; they are not compelled as are the men. They are also encouraged to strive professionally and intellectually and c...

Utopian Analysis of Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

Swift employed satire to convey his message, and his target was, naturally, Europe, as it existed during the sixteenth century, bu...

Blade Runner, Utopia, and Political Systems

In six pages this paper examines the two very different political systems represented by Utopia and Blade Runner. Four sources ar...

Structure and Theme of Utopia by Thomas More

In ten pages this paper discusses the pride theme and structure of Utopia by Thomas More. Five sources are cited in the bibliogra...

Ideas and Plots in Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and Gattaca by Andrew Niccol

Utopian status ever since Adam and Eve were stricken from the Garden of Eden, a concept that is clearly brought to light through H...

The Philosophical Theme of Gattaca by Andrew Niccol

25A). Human beings have been striving to achieve Utopian status ever since Adam and Eve were stricken from the Garden of Ed...

Thomas More and Thomas Hobbes on Religion and the State

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares Hobbes' Leviathan and More's Utopia in terms of how the state and religion are dep...

Literary Examples of Desire and Reason

In five pages this research paper examines how literature portrays the conflict between reason and desire in a consideration of Ut...

Utopian Political Philosophy Criticism in The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli

In seven pages this paper examines Chapter XV of The Prince in a consideration of how it criticizes the political philosophy descr...

Call to Action in Utopia by Thomas More

In seven pages this paper discusses how More's arguments in Utopia led to the birth of capitalism and the end of feudalism. One s...

Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy

In five pages this research paper examines Bellamy's view of a 2000 utopia as a reaction to the nineteenth century industrialism t...