***We might use the words utopia and dystopia to describe the two short stories by   Charlotte Perkins Gilman that we read. What do those words mean? Which story is utopian and which is dystopian? Why?****

A simple definition of utopia is an imagery place where laws, government and society are perfect.Utopia can also be a emotion or a state of mind. What I mean by this is that some one can live in a constant state of happiness, never feel any sadness, that can also be characterized as a utopia. The opposite of this is called dystopia,this a place where there is society filled with misery and destruction. this can also be characterizes as depression. Dystoipa & Utopia doesn’t just have to be about the society itself , a big role in these two definitions is a persons state of mind , in my opinion.

In the story “The Yellow Wallpaper I believe that it is a dystopia narrative. The reason for this is because there wasn’t much joy or happiness express throughout the story. It seems that the tone of the story was very depressing and sad. the protagonist of the story didn’t express much love instead she expresses sadness and misery throughout the story.

In the story “The Cottagette”would be expressed as an utopia.the tone of the protagonist was very happy and joyful of life. In the story the setting was always described as beautiful and happy place.Overall the tone of this story was quite and beautiful unlike the tone of “The Yellow Wallpaper”.

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