Utopia vs. Dystopia. Utopia a place or state of ideal perfection.

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Utopia vs. Dystopia

Utopia a place or state of ideal perfection

Utopian Features… a far away place—no clear or easy way of getting there a social criticism of what is and social suggestion of what could be tends to be light-hearted, optimistic, and playful revolutionary all things are held in common and everyone works at common tasks

Utopian Examples?

Dystopia an imaginary wretched place

Dystopian Features… society is undesirable or even horrifying society is futuristic and fictional depictions can be regarded as warnings provides a commentary on today and tomorrow for our own society concepts are relative

Dystopian Examples?

A dystopia is an imaginary society that comments on our own society and a majority of us would fear to live in.