The notion of a society removed from human flaw is rooted in fiction as mankind is incorrigible. However, the hypothetical nature of utopia is utilized to satirize the innate flaws of human culture. Utopian fiction is often birthed by great disdain for the environment that influenced the writer, such as Plato’s contempt of democracy characterized by his allegories for utopian societies. These allegories have translated to future texts such as Thomas More’s Utopia and M. Night Shyamalan’s the village which both use utopian concepts to provide veiled critiques of their societies.
