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    James Fils-Aime The Handmaid ’s Tale Fact or Fiction The Handmaid ’s Tale is a dystopian novel in which Atwood creates a world which seems absurd and near impossible. Women being kept in slavery only to create babies‚ cult like religious control over the population‚ and the deportation of an entire race‚ these things all seem like fiction. However Atwood ’s novel is closer to fact than fiction; all the events which take place in the story have

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    3rd‚ 2013 Hierarchy in The HandMaid ’s Tale Margaret Atwood ’s The Handmaid ’s Tale is a interesting novel that will have you confused but also have you bitting your nails with intrigue. So many questions might go in your head‚ at the same time; Atwood wrote this novel so her readers can have curiosity‚ even after reading the last word of the last paragraph of the last page of the book. One of the main topics of this novel is the effect on society when a women ’s fate is taken away from and

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    Dystopia In the not so distant future‚ the story of The Handmaid’s Tale unfolds. Set in what seems to be a dystopian United States where various violations of human rights from around the globe are exposed. It is these violations that a patriarchal‚ authoritarian theocracy is created in the nation-state of Gilead. Oppression‚ status‚ and fear run rampant through the nation-state. Obedience is tantamount for the survival of women and the regime. Atwood exposes how building a utopia leads to a dystopia

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    Critique “The Handmaid’s Tale‚” written by Margaret Atwood is a fictional book that takes place in the near future when all of women’s rights were taken away. The book is from the point of view of a girl who just lost her family‚ all her money‚ her possessions and is later taken away to be a handmaid. This all took place because of the overthrow of the government. As a handmaid it is her duty to obey all new laws and to reproduce children for the “higher class” or she will face the wall (be hung)

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    Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood‚ lies not only within the author’s purpose but within its construction and the author’s ability to draw readers attention to these concepts through language. Atwood has carefully and decisively used language and structure throughout the novel to enhance our understanding of the purpose and message she is trying to portray. Atwood aims to caution us about the elements in our world that can give rise to a dystopic society and the dangers of oppression‚ particularly

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    Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale takes place in a post Cold War society plagued by infertility. Atwood presents the reader with “The Republic of Gilead”‚ the Christian theocracy that overthrew the United States government. Narrated by a woman renamed Offred‚ the reader gets an idea of a future in which women are no longer women‚ but are solely needed for reproduction. Atwood uses a system of vocabulary established under the Republic of Gilead in order to manipulate and dehumanize women and men throughout

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    Firstly‚ women are tools that have been used‚ abused‚ and manipulated by the people in their society in each novel such as The Handmaid’s Tale and We All Fall Down‚ in The Handmaid’s Tale women are used by the Republic of Gilead and We All Fall Down by the thrashers (Buddy‚ Harry‚ Marty‚ and Randy).Women are overwhelmingly the victims of sexual violence and rape‚ while men on the other hand are nearly most likely by a perpetrators. In the Republic of Gilead women can be seen as sexual objects because

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    and other women slept on army cots in a gymnasium. Aunt Sara and Aunt Elizabeth patrol with electric cattle prods hanging from their leather belts‚ and the women‚ forbidden to speak aloud‚ whisper without attracting attention. Twice daily‚ the women walk in the former football field‚ which is surrounded by a chain-link fence topped with barbed wire. Armed guards called Angels patrol outside. While the women take their walks‚ the Angels stand outside the fence with their backs to the women. The women

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    Nick Ideal Men? It is no secret that Margaret Atwood has a feminist point of view in her novel The Handmaid’s Tale. She makes it very clear that she is trying to bring attention to the discrimination against women in the culture of Gilead in this novel. With the exception of two male characters‚ Margaret Atwood portrays all of the men in the novel as selfish and heartless towards women. Even though they may not be perfect men‚ these two men are better than the other disrespectful men in this Gilead

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    Handmaid’s Tale” written by Margaret Atwood (Main Points)- Play on words‚ Point of View‚ Neologism/Connotations of words‚ Intertextual links‚ Epigraphs‚ Historical notes‚ Context all support this Point of view: story is told through Offred’s eyes- we only see situations the way she interprets them- her perspective her feelings and thoughts- we are not shown anyone else’s P.O.V- e.g we don’t know how the commander feels about being forced to be in the relationship’s with the handmaids- we don’t

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