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Archetype In Brave New World

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Utopia, according to Google, is defined as an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect. The biggest concept to understand as a person analyzing literature is that a utopia cannot ever exist, there is always going to be flaws and they will often be destructive. In Brave New World, Aldous Huxley uses the utopian society archetype to show that the citizens give up their identity and give into conformity. Through this, Huxley reveals that in any society we assimilate to the social norm of society to be happy, thus compromising our identity for happiness. Famous playwright William Shakespeare wrote in his brilliant play The Tempest, "Oh, wonder! / How many goodly creatures are there here! / How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, / That has such people in't!" A common translation for Brave New World is “Bold New World.” Huxley fantastically demonstrates how bold …show more content…

But the World State will not allow Shakespeare to be taught or read. Why is this? According to Mond it is “because our world is not the same as [Shakespeare's] world. You can’t make tragedies without social instability. The world’s stable” Shakespeare and other forms of high art have been safricised for happiness. The World State believes “happiness” is something more important to have than high art. Feelies and the scent organ is what provides happiness for the people. But John points out that “they don’t mean anything.” Why does the World State think that taking away high art will be beneficial and bring happiness? It is because giving people things like Shakespeare opens them up to a different world than the one they live in. This opens the people up to possibly question the world they live. This steers them away from conformity. Therefor, the World State will do anything to keep their people from trailing towards the truth they try to hide from them to keep their world

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