Utopias

1. definition: an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect. The word was first used in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More.

2. attempts: Brook Farm, Fruitland, The Shakers

3. how do authors describe fictional utopias: To live in harmony with nature, to have equal goods, to pay more attention to science and the arts,

4. how has history and literature influenced each other?, one of the main influences was probably the garden of eden in The Bible which probably inspired both sides. Also in history there were many attempts which ended in disaster.

5. what was neccesary for a utopia? a group of followers who could work and live together well, equality, one social class,