Power is a fragile notion that can be easily used and abused. When societal power is absolute and dominant‚ it often leads to oppression and persecution of people. Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale examines the dangerous impact of a governing body embracing complete power whilst substantiating as a warning to modern society‚ if people refuse to fight back dominant groups with strong ideologies‚ the outcome could be devastating. On the other hand Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery embodies societal
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dynamics‚ the body has become a site to control‚ oppress‚ and discriminate individuals. To explore Foucault’s ideas of embodiment in relation to these arenas I will engage in feminist writings by Moira Gatens‚ Janell Hobson‚ and Linda Birke. In theme with Foucault’s ideas about using the body as a site for power‚ Moira Gatens discusses how women’s bodies are used to justify a patriarchal society‚ “one response to the differential powers and capacities of women and men in the context of public life is to
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Cora H. English III Honors 4 April 2013 WWOD: What Would Offred Do? How far would someone go to protect their rights? What is considered passive behavior during the fall of the free world? Would someone risk their life to defend freedom? Margaret Atwood raises these questions and many more in her novel The Handmaid’s Tale. She uses the character Offred to demonstrate passive behavior and acceptance of a totalitarian regime after the fall of the United States. In the new Republic of Gilead‚ Offred
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The Feministic Handmaid’s Tale Margret Atwood’s novel: The Handmaid’s Tale is thought to portray a feminist parable of a repressive pseudo-Christian regime of the near future. This feminist tale advocates Atwood’s alignment with Liberal Feminism‚ a separation from First and Second Wave of Feminism‚ from the early nineteenth-century roots through 1970s. Offred‚ the main character - primarily referred to as Jane‚ defends love as an important human emotion‚ which leads into the gender roles and
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self-administration. On the side for over-the-counter status‚ researchers focus on condoms not needing a prescription and seeking help from pharmacists instead of doctors. Representing the side for prescription usage is Dr. Christopher Gacek and Moira Gaul of the Family Research Council. In their article “Plan B: A Grave Threat to Women’s Health” published in August of 2006‚ Gacek argues‚ “Birth control pills‚ which are essentially a lower dose regimen of Plan B‚ requires a prescription” (Gacek
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In Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale‚” the dystopian world is the concept of using women to conceived‚ without the revival of intimacy. Offred‚ the narrator‚ tells the readers about the conditions she experiences in Gilead‚ the theocratic and totalitarian world which has replaced America. Everything about the novel is a direct assault to the feminine perspective‚ wherein common women‚ such as Offred‚ is used as conceiving vessels without the freedom to love‚ make relationships‚ and make their
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have done‚ and the inescapable fate would give a rise to a tragic ending. Compare to different tragedies‚ some of them would exhibit more remorse from audience about its tragic heroes. Two of the great tragedies are Oedipus Rex‚ by John Bennett and Moira Kerr and Prometheus‚ by Rex Warner. The character Oedipus in the tragedy Oedipus Rex definitely exhibits the highest degree of remorse from audiences‚ because the character goes from happiness to suffering‚ the uncontrollable fate‚ and often involving
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encouraged to inform on one another. In the Red Center‚ the Aunts would quickly quell any signs of discontent. Nonetheless‚ restrooms provide women with the chance to speak freely. The bathroom in the Red Center had a hole in the wall that Offred and Moira used to communicate because that was the only place that they can speak of forbidden things‚ such as Moira’s escape plan‚ without being overheard and informed upon. Bathrooms are one of few places where the handmaids can enjoy a degree of freedom even
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Mitsuko‚ a woman tormented by her past‚ in Shusaku Endo’s “Deep River‚” travels to India to find the meaning of life. Her friends called her Moira‚ a seductress who preyed on innocent men. She found enjoyment in tormenting men by seducing them and then leaving. One man in particular‚ Otsu‚ was different than the rest of the men she sought after. He was a Catholic. After leaving him brokenhearted‚ she moved on with her life and eventually got married. After her marriage failed‚ she struggled to find
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Chapter 7 1) How does the scene with Moira in the past contrast to the narrator’s present existence? Offred’s flashback to her time student times with Moira highlights a direct comparison to the amount of freedom she had. Not only under others but also in time as well as having the choice of many options including clothes and behavior. It is also clear that both Offred and Moira had not a care in the world‚ there was no worries about being caught with a cigarette or not doing their work. Whereas
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