In “The Handmaid’s Tale” the author Margaret Atwood's use of language represents how
power restricts women from their freedom. In the novel the women are stripped of their real
names, their voices and their rights. The Handmaid's work in a house in Gilead run by a married
commander, whom they must have sex with to become pregnant and provide the household with
a child. The narrator, Offred uses her language as a tool to escape the plight of her existence by
manipulating things to her advantage in her the little ways she can.
In many ways the novel can be seen as a use of power. In the republic of Gilead the
commander seems to have all the power. Atwood uses freedom as an escape from those who
contain all the power and
power restricts women from their freedom. In the novel the women are stripped of their real
names, their voices and their rights. The Handmaid's work in a house in Gilead run by a married
commander, whom they must have sex with to become pregnant and provide the household with
a child. The narrator, Offred uses her language as a tool to escape the plight of her existence by
manipulating things to her advantage in her the little ways she can.
In many ways the novel can be seen as a use of power. In the republic of Gilead the
commander seems to have all the power. Atwood uses freedom as an escape from those who
contain all the power and