Throughout all of history, religion has been used to justify many actions and ideologies. Religion was a driving force behind the Iranian revolution, but using religion to justify the revolution came with some unexpected results. Religious extremism played a major role in reforming Iran’s post revolutionary government, and as a result, Iranian women began having their rights taken away from them in the name of religion. The role of religion in both The Handmaid’s Tale and post revolutionary Iran was to justify oppression.
The oppression in the name of religion was a major inspiration for The Handmaid’s Tale. This can be seen in the many similarities between the oppression talked about in Reading Loita in Terhan that took place in post revolutionary
The oppression in the name of religion was a major inspiration for The Handmaid’s Tale. This can be seen in the many similarities between the oppression talked about in Reading Loita in Terhan that took place in post revolutionary