The Handmaids Tale Essay
Ilias Djebari English IV
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The Handmaid’s Tale Essay
In Western society, especially in America, society has improved vastly in the power struggle between men and women, a woman's place in society, and feminism. Freedoms such as the access to education, initiating divorces, and abortions are all things women can do in western society without the fear of being persecuted or punished, unlike in the dystopian nation of Gilead in The Handmaid’s Tale. But in Middle Eastern islamic cultures, the battle for ending women’s oppression is still very much ongoing. However, it is slowly improving instead of worsening dramatically such as it did in The Handmaid’s Tale. What would Atwood say about present day social norms compared to when the novel The Handmaid’s Tale was written thirty years ago?
She would say that society has improved on the struggle for power and sexuality between men and women worldwide.
Margaret Atwood’s main motive while writing The Handmaids Tale was to make the book seem very similar to the present day issues that society faced in Gilead, such as male dominated balance of power, and what a woman's purpose is. The outcome to how the issues resulted in is dramatized into a dystopian society in the near future based off when the novel was written in 1985. The author is giving the readers a warning of how the future may be if people do not end the oppression. But throughout history, the issues in the The Handmaid’s Tale have been dealt with civilized societies for many years. For example, the article “ Feminism, and politics in
The Handmaids Tale” written by Jill Swale states that, “During the nineteenth century middleclass women were confined to the home as wives and mothers” also “ Men and women
were treated differently under the law.” The similarity between nineteenth
Honors
The Handmaid’s Tale Essay
In Western society, especially in America, society has improved vastly in the power struggle between men and women, a woman's place in society, and feminism. Freedoms such as the access to education, initiating divorces, and abortions are all things women can do in western society without the fear of being persecuted or punished, unlike in the dystopian nation of Gilead in The Handmaid’s Tale. But in Middle Eastern islamic cultures, the battle for ending women’s oppression is still very much ongoing. However, it is slowly improving instead of worsening dramatically such as it did in The Handmaid’s Tale. What would Atwood say about present day social norms compared to when the novel The Handmaid’s Tale was written thirty years ago?
She would say that society has improved on the struggle for power and sexuality between men and women worldwide.
Margaret Atwood’s main motive while writing The Handmaids Tale was to make the book seem very similar to the present day issues that society faced in Gilead, such as male dominated balance of power, and what a woman's purpose is. The outcome to how the issues resulted in is dramatized into a dystopian society in the near future based off when the novel was written in 1985. The author is giving the readers a warning of how the future may be if people do not end the oppression. But throughout history, the issues in the The Handmaid’s Tale have been dealt with civilized societies for many years. For example, the article “ Feminism, and politics in
The Handmaids Tale” written by Jill Swale states that, “During the nineteenth century middleclass women were confined to the home as wives and mothers” also “ Men and women
were treated differently under the law.” The similarity between nineteenth