A Handmaids Tale
THE HANDMAIDS TALE ESSAY
IN THE NOVEL THE HANDMAIDS TALE BY MARGRET ATWOOD, A SOCIETY
IS CREATED WHERE GOD AND GOVERNMENT ARE JOINED;AND AMERICA WHICH
IS NOW GILEAD,IS RUN WITH EXTREME STRICTNESS OF RELIGIOUS AND
MORAL DUTIES.ATWOOD POSITS A FUTURE SOCIETY BASED ON SEXUAL
REPRESSION.THERE IS A SOCIETY IN WHICH THE MAN IS ENFORCES
RULERSHIP BUT THE WOMEN MAKE ALL THE OTHER DECISIONS.IT IS A
SOCIETY IN WHICH THEY LIVE LITERALLY ON GENISIS CHAPTER
30:1-6.THIS IS A VERY DISTURBING NOVEL IT SUGGESTS A FUTURE WHERE
SOCIETY, AND THE RULERS ARE TYRANNICAL.
ATWOOD POSITS A FUTURE SOCIETY BASED ON SEXUAL REPRESSION.IN
THE BOOK HANDMAIDS ARE GIVEN NAMES LIKE OFWARREN AND OFGLEN WHICH
ARE COMPOSED OF POSSESIVE PREPOSITION.(PAGE 19)THE NAMES WERE
TAKEN BY THOSE WOMEN UPON THEIR ENTRY INTO THE HOUSEHOLD OF A
CERTAIN COMMANDER.THE WOMEN OR THE HANDMAIDS MUST LISTEN AND OBEY
THE COMMANDERS WIFE.MEN AND WOMEN ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TALK TO EACH
OTHER EXCEPT WHENTHEY ARE TOLD.THE CLOTHING WORN BY WOMEN IN OUR
MODERN TIME CANNOT BE
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