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Definition and Characteristics Dystopias, through an exaggerated worst-case scenario, make a criticism about a current trend, societal norm, or political system.TRANSCRIPT
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Dystopian SocietyUNION GROVE HIGH SCHOOL: S. HURTTE
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Definition and Characteristics
Dystopias, through an exaggeratedworst-case scenario, make a criticism about a current trend, societal norm, orpolitical system.
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CHARACTERISTICS AND DEFINITION
UtopiaA place, state, or condition that is ideally perfect in respect of politics,laws, customs, and conditions.
DystopiaA futuristic, imagined universe in which oppressive societal control andthe illusion of a perfect society are maintained through corporate, bureaucratic, technological, moral, or totalitarian control
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Characteristics of a Dystopian Society
• Propaganda is used to control the citizens of society.• Information, independent thought, and freedom are restricted.• A figurehead or concept is worshipped by the citizens of the society.• Citizens are perceived to be under constant surveillance.
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Characteristics of a Dystopian Society
• Citizens have a fear of the outside world.• Citizens live in a dehumanized state.• The natural world is banished and distrusted.• Citizens conform to uniform expectations. Individuality and dissent are bad.• The society is an illusion of a perfect utopian world.
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Types of Dystopian Controls
Most dystopian works present a world in which oppressive societal control and the illusion of a perfect society are maintained through one or more of the following types of controls:
Corporate Bureaucratic Technological Philosophical or Religious
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Corporate Control
One or more large corporations control society throughproducts, advertising, and/or the media.
Examples include Minority Reportand Running Man.
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Bureaucratic Control
Society is controlled by a mindless bureaucracy througha tangle of red tape, relentless regulations, and incompetent governmentofficials.
Examples in film include Brazil.
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Technological Control
Society is controlled by technology—through computers, robots, and/or scientific means.
Examples include The Matrix, The Terminator, and I, Robot.
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Philosophical or Religious Control
Society is controlled by philosophical or religious ideology often enforced through a dictatorship or theocraticgovernment.
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The Dystopian Protagonist• often feels trapped and is struggling to escape.
• questions the existing social and political systems.
• believes or feels that something is terribly wrong with the society in which he or she lives.
• helps the audience recognizes the negative aspects of the dystopian world through his or her perspective.