A Handmaids Tale

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THE HANDMAID'S 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 WORN IT IS FORBIDDEN AND CONSIDERED DIRTY,

THE WOMEN MUST BE FULLY CLOTHED EXCEPT FOR THEIR FACE AND THEIR

HANDS.

THE FORMER UNITED STATES NOW REPUBLIC OF GILEAD,IS RUN WITH

STRICT RELIGIOUS AND MORAL DUTIES.THE PEOPLE HAVE TO PRAY DAILY,IN

THE MORNING AND IN THE NIGHT.IN THIS NOVEL THE GOVERNMENT TRIES TO

FOLLLOW GOD BUT THEY DO NOT FOLLOW IT IN THE WAYS GOD WANTED US

TO;THEY TAKE THE BIBLE LITERALLY.THE BOOK ALSO SHOWS THE HARSH

REALITY OF THE WAY OUR SOCIETY IS LIVING ESPECIALLY WOMEN.IT SHOWS

THAT WE DO NOT NOTICE THE WAY THAT OUR SOCIETY ACTS,DRESSES AND

BEHAVES.DEEP FEELINGS OF OUR MORALITY AS HUMANS ARE PRESENTED.


IN THIS BOOK,ATWOOD CREATES A SOCIETY WHERE MEN ENFORCE

RULERSHIP, BUT WOMEN MAKE ALL OTHER CHOICES.IN THE NOVEL MEN ARE

EITHER A PARLIMENTARY OR MI...