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Haidmaids Tale. ... Margret Atwoods book The Haidmaids Tale and can be seen as a warning
or a relay of the past. But are these issues just a furture or past issue? ...
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HaidMaids Tale
The novel, The Handmaid\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Tale, by Margaret Atwood focuses on the choices made by the society of Gilead in which the preservation and imprisionmeny of mankind is more highly regarded than freedom or happiness. I think that Ms. Atwood believes that the possibility of our society becoming as that of Gilead is very evident in the choices that we make today and from what has occurred
in the past. Our actions will inevitably catch up to us when we are most vulnerable.In The Handmaid\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Tale ,A new society is created by a group of people who strengthen and maintain their power by any means necessary including torture and death. A Handmaid\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Tale, can be compared to the morning after a bad fight within an abusive relationship. Being surrounded by rules that must be obeyed because of being afraid of the torture that will be received. There are no other choices because there is control over what is done, who you see and talk to, and has taken you far away from your family. You have no money or way out. The new republic of Gilead takes it laws to an even higher level because these laws are said to be of God and by disobeying them you are disobeying him. People are already likely to do anything for their God especially when they live in fear of punishment or death. The republic of Gilead is created and maintains its power structure through the use of religion, laws that isolate people from communication to one another and their families, and the fear of punishment for disobeying the law. Ms. Atwood presents a ficitonal world in order to comment on the real world and i shall expand on how this occurs further into my essay.
One of the most important themes of The Handmaid\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Tale is the presence and manipulation of power. Gilead\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'spower is imposed from the top. There is no possibility of appeal, no method of legally protecting oneself from the government, and no hope...
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