Flatland | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Flatland - This place is the two dimensional land of A. Square.

Lineland - This location is the land of one dimension.

Spaceland - This area is the three dimensional home of Sphere.

Pointland - This is the land of no dimension.

Fourth Dimension - This world, unseen by anyone in the novel, is assumed to exist simply because of mathematical certainty by A. Square, but refuted at first by Sphere.

Victorian Aristocracy - This concept is the template for the society of Flatland in the novel.

Solid - This object is a...
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