Utopias And Dystopias

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Compares two visions of society. Based on Thomas More's "Utopia" and George Orwell's novel "1984." More's Utopia as example of what society ought to be. Orwell's dystopia as an example of what society might become. Contrasts the governments depicted in each work. Nature of European society of More's time. Orwell's depiction of a society rules by government thought control.

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"The distinction between a utopia and a dystopia is often in the eye of the beholder, for what some see as working, others see as failing. Thomas More in his Utopia suggests what society ought to be, while George Orwell in 1984 warns about what society might become. Some aspects of the forms of government depicted by the two are similar, but the emphasis given these issues by their authors are different.

Sir Thomas More, is probably best known for his confrontation with King Henry VIII, for which he lost his life. He was a statesman as well as a political and social philosopher. His most famous work is his Utopia, a book in which he created his version of a perfect society and gave his name to such conceptions ever after as "utopias." The word is of Greek origin, a play on the Greek word eutopos, meaning good ..."

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