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Dystopian Literature 12 Utopian War
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What stance does Utopia take on acts of war? What about acts of Shakespeare plays? Or random acts of kindness? This video will answer at least one...

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Dystopian Literature 13 Utopian Religion
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What's the deal with religion in utopias? And why did we start this video description like Jerry Seinfeld? And why are we suddenly craving soup...?

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Dystopian Literature 14 The Time Machine
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What was life like during the writing of The Time Machine? What was Social Darwinism? Bet you weren't expecting that to be the follow-up question,...

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Dystopian Literature 15 Eloi and Morlocks
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Eloi and Morlocks...sounds like something out of Dungeons and Dragons. So...what are they? Or...who are they? Let's watch and find out.

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Dystopian Literature 16 Time Machine Dystopia
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How is the world created in The Time Machine considered a dystopia? And have you ever considered that if time travel is eventually invented, l...

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Dystopian Literature 17 Orwell's 1984
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What inspired George Orwell to write 1984? Spoiler alert: it wasn't a fear of rats. 

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Dystopian Literature 18 1984 Politics
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Does 1984 reference any real world politics? We think it would've been cute had Big Brother played a sax, à la Bill Clinton, but no one asked us.

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Dystopian Literature 19 1984 Keywords
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Who is Big Brother? What is Newspeak? What is doublethink? We hope you don't get these wrong...Big Brother is watching. 

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Dystopian Literature 1 Justice
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What does Plato say about justice in Republic? We're not quite sure...it was all Greek to us. 

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Dystopian Literature 2 Classism
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How does a class division form in a society? What's the highest position in a society? We know the answer to the second question: it's that wise ol...

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Dystopian Literature 3 Kings and Speeches
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According to Plato, who would be an ideal candidate for a leader, and what type of speech should be allowed in society? Man, this Plato dude was su...

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Dystopian Literature 4 Eat Pray Love
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According to Plato, how does a Utopia need to control sex and food? Spoiler alert: Plato isn't fun at parties. 

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Dystopian Literature 5 Musical Fitness
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According to Plato, what kind of rules does a Utopia need to control music and fitness? Clearly, Plato never listened to Gloria Estefan, who knew t...

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Dystopian Literature 6 Plato's Apology
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What does Plato's Apology say about utopias? We hope it's all nice, otherwise he'll have to write an apology for his Apology. 

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Dystopian Literature 7 Plato vs More
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How does Sir Thomas More's version of Utopia differ from Plato's? Why is More's vision of Utopia set on an island? Did he never see Gilligan's Isla...

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Dystopian Literature 8 Utopian Government
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What kind of political system does a utopia employ? We could give you the answer right now, but then we'd have made this video for nothing. 

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Dystopian Literature 9 Utopian Slavery
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A utopia...with slaves...? Doesn't sound like a utopia for everyone, Sir Thomas More. 

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Dystopian Literature 10 The Unwanted
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Can a utopia exist with prisoners, irrational people, and disabilities? We're glad you asked! No, really. We're glad you asked. Otherwise, we made...

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Dystopian Literature 11 More's Utopia
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What kind of government does More's utopia have? What's life like for men and women in this utopia? Can you have an infinite number of cats without...