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    Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale imaginatively portrays individuals who challenge the established values of their time. Texts are not created in isolation. They are reflective of the values‚ attitudes and beliefs present in their compositional milieu. Margaret Atwood’s critically acclaimed novel The Handmaid’s Tale (1986) narrates the story of Offred‚ a woman who is forced to become a Handmaid and bear children for elite couples that have problems conceiving. The character of Offred successfully illustrates

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    Comparative Study The Pardoners Tale vs A Simple Plan Although the settings are very different‚ one taking place in 14th century Scotland and the other in modern day America‚ the ideas of both texts are similar‚ "Radix Natorum est Cupi datas"‚ meaning "greed is the root of all evil". The transformation of The Pardoners Tale into A Simple Plan has allowed Raimi to demonstrate that despite the new values emerging in the new context‚ the human condition is essentially unchanged as it always remains

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    have studied The main contribution made by the major character in the novel – The Handmaid’s Tale is by the narrator- Offred. We suspect from various hints and clues that suggests that she is June. However‚ we are unable to confirm this with the book as the writer Margaret Atwood had decided not to tell us. Reason being that this source of text we were reading was an oral diary that the narrator - Offred wanted to leave down for other people to know but in the same time protect her and people that

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    Statics 1. A uniform flexible steel cable of mass m is suspended between two equal elevation points as shown in the figure below. (a) Determine the tension in the cable (i) at the points of attachment‚ [[pic]] (ii) at its lowest point in terms of (. [[pic]] b) What is the direction of the tension force in each case? 2. Two guy wires run from the top of a pole 2.6 m tall that supports a volleyball net. The two wires are anchored to the ground 2.0 m apart and each is 2.0 m

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    Handmaid’s Tale‚ offering women remnants of power do not conceal the real deal: Men have dominion over women. For instance‚ in The Handmaid’s Tale‚ the Commanders acquire Handmaids for the sole purpose of childbearing displaying women as properties of men. The Commanders look at Handmaids as symbols of their pride and gratification when they receive one as well as following a social protocol‚ as well. The Handmaids names come from their Commander (Literally‚ Of-“name of commander”). Offred even states

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    The Handmaid’s Tale Chapter 12 (“Is That a Symbol”) of How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas Foster‚ relates to the novel‚ “The Handmaid’s Tale”because of its symbolism. The different colors each character wears‚ represents something different about who they are in the Gilead society. For example‚ the handmaid’s all wear red clothes‚ which symbolizes their fertility and their ability to create a child. However‚ it can also represent death and prohibition. Offred realizes that she is surrounded

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    The Feministic Handmaid’s Tale Margret Atwood’s novel: The Handmaid’s Tale is thought to portray a feminist parable of a repressive pseudo-Christian regime of the near future. This feminist tale advocates Atwood’s alignment with Liberal Feminism‚ a separation from First and Second Wave of Feminism‚ from the early nineteenth-century roots through 1970s. Offred‚ the main character - primarily referred to as Jane‚ defends love as an important human emotion‚ which leads into the gender roles and

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    Tale’s introduction was begining with Offred the main character. Offred lives with Aunt Sarah and Aunt Elizabeth. The aunts are meant to show these handmaid’s‚ the aunts show them discipline. The aunts are very strict with the handmaids‚ for example they have a curfew for them and they can only go out twice in a day. The aunts purpose and importance is that the keep the handmaid’s on check like so that they can be good. Offred’s purpose in the Handmaid’s Tale is to show how she was treated and what

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    Offred is a Handmaid‚ the handmaid is where the women have to have sexual activities with the commander regularly because there’s very few kids in the Republic of Gilead‚ very few women can have kids and are chosen to move in with the commander to make the commander’s wife happy with a child. Although Margaret Atwood’s novel The Handmaid’s Tale shows gender rules throughout the book this is symbolized through the handmaid’s lifestyle‚ particularly how they have to act in front of the commander.

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    committed. Some of these acts are dishonesty‚ adultery‚ and ignorance. "The Friar ’s Tale" makes these moral issues clear through various characters. The summoner and the Devil both show dishonesty‚ abuse of power‚ and mercilessness. In this short story‚ Chaucer illustrates the theme of immorality and how it affects the character of all the persons in the tale. .Characters display dishonesty in "The Friar ’s Tale". The summoner steals the money that he collects from peasants. Chaucer illustrates

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