Throughout the Handmaid’s Tale, we come across a plethora of biblical references; also many aspects of the stories’ plot are based on biblical passages. The story is based in the republic of Gilead, a futuristic and dystopian America. This futuristic government isn’t based on loving peaceful messages from scripture; rather, it takes snippets from the violent passages and adopts them to suit their choke-hold of society. We first take notice of this oppressive government in the first few pages of

individual to feel as if that law is creating injustice. Does an individual have a right to oppose and rebel against perceived unfairness? Or shall one simply accept the unfairness thrust upon them? In The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, we meet a woman named Offred, who is a handmaid. She describes how her society is not always a positive influence towards the people living it. In connection to Offred’s opinion, in Plato’s Critio, Socrates argues that an individual needs to accept these regulations

Whose Choice is it Really? In Margaret Atwood's story, “The Handmaid’s Tale”, the main character, Offred, believes she is making a lot of decisions about her body for herself, just like the character Jig in Ernest Hemmingway's short story, “Hills Like White Elephants”. In order to really understand the process of decision making in these two stories, the reader has to understand that the characters in the stories don't realize that a lot of their decisions about their bodies are coming from different

The Handmaid’s Tale is a story of a dystopian society driven by numerous abuses on women. The concept of intellectual abuse of power is very broad in manner of punishing women in the state of Gilead. The main character, Offred, demonstrates how the ideology of the upper class government in Gilead is used to suppress and abuse the lower class woman, by the Commanders and the Aunts; who fall under a high-up in Gilead’s hierarchy. She is forced to enter the cruel place like Gilead, where woman are treated

Offred is a handmaid, in the novel The Handmaid’s Tale written by Margaret Atwood, who no longer desired to rebel against the government of Gilead after they separated her from her family. When Offred was taken away from her family the Government of Gilead placed her in an institution known as the Red Center where they trained her along with other women unwillingly to be handmaids. The handmaid’s task was to repopulate the society because of the dramatic decrease in population form lack of childbirth

Society & The Submissive In Margaret Atwood’s book “The Handmaid’s Tale”, Offred, The main character struggles with expressing individualism among a society that constrains a woman by labelling her for her duties and worth. Offred is a “Handmaid” which is a group of women who are used for reproduction, being a “Handmaid” is considered to be very degrading because these women are seen for only their bodies to provide children and nothing more. In the article “An Introduction to Jung’s psychology”

person. Unfortunately, in the novel, A Handmaid's Tale, author Margaret Atwood did this exact thing. All characters, no matter ranking, where stripped away from their uniqueness in the society of Gilead. Mainly, the Handmaid's were affected by this wretched society and the reader can see this as Offred, a handmaid, narrates the story. From her we can clearly see they have no freedom. No voice. No singularity. No nothing. By looking at the way the handmaids speak, dress, and how they act towards others

Handmaid’s Tale”, written by Margaret Atwood, Gilead is a totalitarian society shown as a dystopia. The government has oppressed the people, women specifically. Basic human rights taken away and women undermined. The book is terrifying because similar things are happening in modern day society. Gilead indoctrinates its citizens through fear and ‘re-education’. In the book, the reproduction rates are extremely low. Gilead’s government forces women, who are fertile, into being “Handmaids”. The Handmaids’