Comparing Handmaid's Tale And V For Vendetta

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Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” and James McTeigue’s “V for Vendetta” both serve as important pieces of literature, relating to the extremist and dangerous use of religion in politics. Atwood and Mcteigue’s conservative and theocratic worlds of Gilead and Norsefire reflect real world issues such as the restricting rights of one’s own body using the Bible, seen through Roe VS Wade, where the rights of abortion were stripped away because of Christian nationalism and conservative ideas. As well as the Nazi concentration camps, including Auschwitz in World War II. For example, in chapter 11 of “The Handmaid's Tale”, Offred is mentioned attending her visit to her monthly doctor checkup to see if she is healthy and yet fertile to be able to give birth, the handmaid’s only function of basically living. …show more content…

Highlighting the restricted rights of one's own body to only conceiving children, justifying it with the use of biblical ideas, similarly seen in Roe VS Wade. Atwood’s use of irony in “that's the law” reinforces Offred’s frustration and hopelessness due to the unfair misogynistic ideals of fertile women being punished for not conceiving, reminding the audience of the consequences of religion being dangerously used in politics and makes us speculate on future contexts to come. In contrast, James Mcteigue’s “V for Vendetta” also illustrates the idea of restricting rights of one’s own body with the justification of the Bible. Mcteigue conveys ideas of speculative fiction by highlighting present contextual concerns, such as experimentation and

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