Mathematics and Literature more or less have no reciprocity as subjects but somehow Edwin Abbott manages to implicitly tie the two together. Flatland, in a nutshell uses geometrical concepts to bring about barbed satire of the hierarchical Victorian Age, specifically its class consciousness, penchant for conformity and disenfranchisement of women. It was written in the 1800s, which was at the end of the romantic period and beginning of the realism period. Flatland therefore stimulated large amounts of controversy due it’s nature. Flatland’s society is shaped by its population’s limited ability to perceive beyond what they can actually see. The striking combination of mathematic and literature is used to make the discussion of the fear of the
