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    These articles cited above were written before the television show was even a thought and before The Handmaid’s Tale was extremely relevant to what is happening in today’s world. In an interview by TIME magazine with Margaret Atwood and Elisabeth Moss, the actress of Offred in the television show, talk a little about what the book and television show’s ideals really mean with today’s society. The interview starts with TIME asking why the show now? Atwood responds with, “The control of women and…

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    At first, I did not expect much of The Handmaid’s Tale. Bearing the word “Tale” in its title, I initially thought the book would be a simple fantasy novel, far from reality, but I was wrong. The Handmaid’s Tale was one of the only fiction books that got me thinking about real life. The situations addressed in the book are not as far-fetched as they seem and I learned a lot about the fictional gloomy future it presents. Aside from what the author presents to the reader, the way the author…

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    Margaret Sangers, founder of the first birth control clinic in 1916, saw it close down after just ten days of being open because she was trying to give women a chance to control their bodies and their lives. Planned Parenthood has been constantly attacked by critics and has been a ginormous part of women’s lives due to the services the clinic provides. There is a tremendous amount of arguments/controversy towards Planned Parenthood and it’s been the topic in social media and in candidate…

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    The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood recounts the establishment of a theological state, Gilead, in place of the United States of America. Gilead uses the Bible to justify a misogynistic, hierarchical and racist society. Offred, the narrator, is a woman forced to become the “Handmaid” of a Gileadean Commander, Fred. Handmaids are supposedly a position of honour for fertile women; in reality, they are sex slaves, allowing only the leaders of Gilead to reproduce. In the novel, education is…

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    The concept of femininity is reinforced in The Handmaid’s Tale, as it presents the belief that women are for reproduction and menial household chores that “The Republic of Gilead” is built upon. In the novel handmaids are not meant to use their minds, they are treated as inferiors to their male counterparts and are denied any sort of literature, this reinforces the stereotypical notion of men going out and earning the money while women stay home to perform household chores such as cooking,…

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    In the novel Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood, Crake knowingly caused a plague that led to the death of the majority of humanity. His intentions behind this act were to help the world from human suffering by creating a pill and modifying embryos to create a better population. Unknowingly to Snowman and Oryx, this pill called BlyssPluss would eventually cause a worldwide epidemic killing those who were not immunized beforehand. This act of deceit was intended to “help” make the world a better…

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    In Atwood’s novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, there are drastic changes that have occurred in modern society due to the government’s plan to save resources during a war. This presented a surreal flip to society which defined how citizens will live in order to succeed in the war. Offred, the narrator of this novel, constantly used or refused to use certain words in order to have control over the power that ran in the society and escape the clutches of it in her thoughts. This can be found through…

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    Eleni Important facts are missing from our history books. Many women, especially, are missing from our history books. The focus will be on three specific women. Margaret Sanger, Wu Zetian, and Murasaki Shikibu are three magnificent women One person for discussion is Margaret Sanger, her importance was the fact that she was a women’s birth control activist. Born on September 14, 1879 she was one of eleven children born. Other than the children born, her mother had seven miscarriages. Sanger…

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    Thatcher effectively persuades her audience of former president Ronald Reagan's impressive legacy. Through the use of numerous literary devices, an anecdote and a convincing tone, Thatcher brings forth the impactful events that Reagan caused and instills an atmosphere of unity within the American people. Within her eulogy, Thatcher utilizes a plethora of literary devices to conclude the success of Reagan’s presidency. The first sentence includes an anaphora, as Thatcher repeats “great” to…

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    In the novel The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, the female protagonist, Offred, is shaped by her society into a tool used solely for reproduction in order to serve the patriarchy. Comparably, the female protagonist, Furiosa, from the film Mad Max: Fury Road is shaped by her society into a tool used by the patriarchy to keep inhumane control over the people. Even so, both protagonists react to their objectification in contrasting ways. In the Gilead Age, women do not have as much…

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