Both the novels ’1984’ and ’The Handmaids Tale’ provide warnings of how each author sees certain problems in society leading to dystopian states. Dystopian genres exist in both novels‚ but arise for different reasons. Resulting from Atwood’s concerns about political groups and aspects of feminism; ’The Handmaids Tale’ illustrates how declining birth rates could lead to a state where women are forced into bearing children. In contrast‚ ’1984’ depicts a terror state where poverty is rife and tyrannical
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Many millennia ago‚ the gods were worshiped and loved; however‚ they never got along‚ there always seemed to be a problem. One day it could be that Poseidon took Zeus’s lightning bolt‚ or Demeter told Aphrodite that she was ugly‚ but there was never a day that there was no problem. One day there was an intense heated argument between the very fragile snow goddess‚ Khione‚ and the brilliant‚ crafty‚ wisdom goddess‚ Athena. Today’s fuss is that Athena thinks prisoners should stay imprisoned for a
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Joanna’s Monologue from Kramer vs. Kramer Look‚ during the last five years of our marriage‚ I was scared and I was very unhappy. And in my mind I had no other choice but to leave. At the time I left I felt that there was something terribly wrong with me. And that my son would be better off without me. I know I left my son. I know that that’s a terrible thing to do. Believe me I have to live with that every day of my life. But in order to leave him‚ I had to believe that it was the only thing I
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Leung 1 Richelle Leung Ms. Ratchford ENG 2D1e 26 February 2013 “Just Lather‚ That’s All” Captain Torres Monologue I‚ Captain Torres‚ who believes that our country should have better conditions‚ am here to bring out a new revolution! You people‚ who oppose us‚ definitely did not think it through! Have you ever thought about your living conditions? Wouldn’t you want to improve it? Or make it a better place for all of us to live in? Look at yourself and look at people around you! Don’t you people
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Christa Bennett Atwood does a fantastic job of incorporating color symbolism throughout The Handmaid’s Tale. One of the main colors she uses to push her plot forward is the color red. When you think of the color red what do you think of... love‚ rage‚ anger‚ power‚ Communism... maybe blood. In the book The Handmaid’s Tale‚ red is the color of the handmaids. The Handmaids always wear long red habits if you will; that covers their whole body. “The skirt is ankle-length‚ full‚ gathered to a flat
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Many of the principles of Gilead are based on Old Testament beliefs. Discuss Atwoods use of biblical allusions and their political significance in the novel. The Handmaids Tale’ is a book full of biblical allusions‚ before Atwood begins the text an epigraph gives us an extract from Genesis 30: 1-3 "And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children‚ Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob‚ Give me children‚ or else I die. And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel; and he said
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other women. Aunt’s are responsible for getting the handmaids ready for their society. They pound the ideas of the new culture into the handmaid’s head so that when they enter it seems normal. Handmaids are the next class‚ they are the only women who can reproduce they are forced to have children for upper class couples women are often compromised by a forced sexual nature‚ thereby allowing them to be blamed for problems of conception. Handmaids show which Commander owns them by adopting their Commanders’
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Language in The Handmaid’s Tale For centuries‚ “the pen is mightier than the sword” has been the adage du jour. Words do more damage than swords‚ spreading ideas instead of killing people. One dangerous little idea‚ passed among individuals‚ does more damage than any blade could ever do; few armies can hold out against strong ideas. In the state of Gilead‚ words mean everything‚ and they have the ultimate power. The women in Margaret Atwoods’ dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale have very limited avenues
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The Handmaid’s Tale‚ written by Margaret Atwood‚ there are a lot of displays of sexual acts against woman in efforts to belittle them. The prevalence of rape and pornography in the pre-Gilead world justified to the founders their establishment of the new order. The Commander and the Aunts claim that women are better protected in Gilead‚ that they are treated with respect and kept safe from violence. Certainly‚ the official penalty for rape is terrible: in one scene‚ the Handmaids tear apart with
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The Handmaid’s Tale Response Paper The motif of time is very apparent in this section. Time‚ something are never thought much of before her new life‚ is now an object she thinks about frequently. “There’s time to spare. This is one of the things I wasn’t prepared for – the amount of unfilled time‚” (Atwood 69). “In the afternoons we lay o our beds for an hour in the gymnasium…they were giving us a chance to get used to blank time‚” (70). “The clock ticks with its pendulum‚ keeping time my feet
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