particular example of this occurrance can be seen in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. Although these works have been written in very different time periods and use separate styles‚ there are two themes which link both stories and convey a very similar message. Strict societal roles and the treatment of women in patriarchal societies are prevalent ideas in both Shakespeare’s play and Atwood’s novel. These themes are approached and dealt with differently
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David Miller Oppression on Women in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis Marjane Satrapi‚ in Persepolis writes about a memoir of a little girl growing in Iran. She refers to a secular pre-revolutionary time through contrast‚ the oppressive characteristics of the fundamentalist government upon women in specifics. In comparison‚ her work is very similar to Margaret Atwood’s‚ A Handmaid’s Tale‚ in which the central character‚ Offred‚ reflects upon her former life’s
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“Whether this is my end or a new beginning I have no way of knowing” (Atwood 295). In Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale a young woman named Offred is trapped in a dystopian microcosm being forced to do the unthinkable. In the United States an outbreak of syphilis occurred causing many people to become infertile. The population is declining and the country is scared as a whole. Then‚ a group of extremists breaks into the congress building during a session and kill everyone inside; as well they
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Aspects of Postmodernism in "Happy Endings" and "Videotape" According to Neil Bessner (Bessner)‚ postmodernism is a "slippery term to define" (15). If we look at the literal meaning of the word in a regular dictionary‚ we may encounter something like "a style and movement in art [ ] in the late 20th century that reacts against modern styles‚ for example by mixing features form traditional and modern styles" . In fact‚ it has extended many of the fundamental techniques and assumptions of modern
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Margaret Atwood’s theme in The Landlady is about the speaker’s prison-like living situation in what can be assumed to be a dorm. The landlady has made home‚ the place where we can feel free and comfortable‚ to a suffering sentence. The landlady is sin control‚ and the speaker‚ a young university student‚ cannot escape from the landlady‚ physically nor mentally. The Landlady is effectively written in free verse and is a run-on style of poetry‚ allowing the readers emotions and thoughts to carry to
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Dystopian Societies The government in Huxley’s Brave New World and Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale‚ both use different methods of obtaining control over people‚ but are both similar in the fact that These novels prove that there is no freedom in dystrophic societies when the government controls everything including individuality in order to keep their societies the way they want it to be.In both societies the individuals have very little and are controlled strictly by the government. In Handmaid’s Tale
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In a messed up world where gender inequality plays a role there is a women named Offred. Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. Due to the fact that in this time not a lot of women could have babies‚ Handmaids were the ones who had to reproduce babies. In this story women were divided into categories. There were the Handmaids which were the young ones and The Marthas‚ which were the cooks and they were the old ones and they couldn’t have babies. Both groups wore a certain color
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difference of opinion. This conventional trait among society allows diverse ideas to be suggested and added upon for a better future and eventually an all around Utopia. Rebellious attitude is depicted throughout George Orwell’s novel 1984 and Margaret Atwood’s novel The Handmaid’s Tale in a subtle‚ yet powerful way. The faint‚ disobedient remarks made by their characters suggest their hope in the future generations opposed to the present one. When a rebellious mindset comes in contact with an oppressed
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is a timeless American classic‚ right? The charming story tells of a young hero who floats down the river with his friend Jim‚ getting into all kinds of mischief along the way. Sounds innocent enough‚ doesn’t it? Well‚ no it’s not. People often forget the fact that this great piece of literature can hurt others. The mature themes in this book can cause people‚ especially those of African-American descent‚ to feel targeted or even bullied. Furthermore
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“For every prohibition you create‚ you also create an underground” (Biafra). John Biafra‚ who started the underground punk movement in 80s‚ thus expresses the ineffectiveness of prohibition. The fact is that in the past‚ nowadays‚ and probably in the future‚ neither of prohibitions of vital and ubiquitous elements of life had have a complete success on people. The history witnesses the prohibitions of vital elements such as ideas‚ cults‚ choices‚ and their short-term “nominal” successes. It’s called
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