By doing so, will cause more people to follow Gilead’s rules and conform to it because it has a biblical title to it. Also, Biblical appeals help to control and manipulate the Handmaid's that are being enslaved by giving them false reasoning and security for the treatment that they have to endure. This manipulation of language is seen when Offred patiently waits in a sitting room watching a preacher on television and makes a comment about him by saying: “These days they look like a lot like businessmen.” Offred is implying that the preachers on the television are not preaching for the benefit of the public but brainwashing them with propaganda to support their religious beliefs. Offred learned to conform and listen to preachers and not speak what’s her on her mind because that’s not allowed. She learned to disguised when people are being real and truthful and when they are lying and only say what's convenient for them. Furthermore, not only does biblical appeal appear in the Handmaid’s Tale, there is also neologism present. Neologism is used to establish new meanings of words in
By doing so, will cause more people to follow Gilead’s rules and conform to it because it has a biblical title to it. Also, Biblical appeals help to control and manipulate the Handmaid's that are being enslaved by giving them false reasoning and security for the treatment that they have to endure. This manipulation of language is seen when Offred patiently waits in a sitting room watching a preacher on television and makes a comment about him by saying: “These days they look like a lot like businessmen.” Offred is implying that the preachers on the television are not preaching for the benefit of the public but brainwashing them with propaganda to support their religious beliefs. Offred learned to conform and listen to preachers and not speak what’s her on her mind because that’s not allowed. She learned to disguised when people are being real and truthful and when they are lying and only say what's convenient for them. Furthermore, not only does biblical appeal appear in the Handmaid’s Tale, there is also neologism present. Neologism is used to establish new meanings of words in