Flatland Essay The novel Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions was written in 1884 by Edwin A. Abbott. Even though Flatland was written during the Victorian ages the novel is still very relatable to today’s times. Throughout the novel many social issues concerning Victorian England are brought up including women and social classes. I think that a lot of the social issues concerning England back in the late 1800s are still very much alive in the present day world, and that is why Flatland is still relatable. The main things that I can connect from my life and knowledge to Flatland are how women are treated in society, people being ostracized for what they believe, and how people are treated based on their social class.
The first major social issue I discovered in the novel Flatland was how women were …show more content…
In Flatland the highest social class is the priests, who were very close to becoming circles. The priests were very highly thought of and had everything they desired. Back in Victorian England the royal family would have been the equivalent to priests in Flatland. The lowest social rank in Flatland, besides women, is the soldiers or tradesman. The soldiers or tradesman in Flatland are isosceles triangles. In Victorian England the lower class or working class would have been the equivalent to soldiers in Flatland. In the novel a soldier paints himself to look like a dodecagon in hopes of marrying a daughter of a noble. The soldier succeeds in marrying the women and when she finds out about the fraud commits suicide. In Victorian England and the present day world many people have dressed up and pretended to be in a higher class than they actually are. An example of this is how back in the 1960s Frank Abagnale pretended to be a pilot, physician, and attorney. Frank pretended to be lots of people so that he would be thought of as more than what he actually
The first major social issue I discovered in the novel Flatland was how women were …show more content…
In Flatland the highest social class is the priests, who were very close to becoming circles. The priests were very highly thought of and had everything they desired. Back in Victorian England the royal family would have been the equivalent to priests in Flatland. The lowest social rank in Flatland, besides women, is the soldiers or tradesman. The soldiers or tradesman in Flatland are isosceles triangles. In Victorian England the lower class or working class would have been the equivalent to soldiers in Flatland. In the novel a soldier paints himself to look like a dodecagon in hopes of marrying a daughter of a noble. The soldier succeeds in marrying the women and when she finds out about the fraud commits suicide. In Victorian England and the present day world many people have dressed up and pretended to be in a higher class than they actually are. An example of this is how back in the 1960s Frank Abagnale pretended to be a pilot, physician, and attorney. Frank pretended to be lots of people so that he would be thought of as more than what he actually