A Handmaids Tale

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THE HANDMAID'S TALE ESSAY IN THE NOVEL THE HANDMAIDS TALE BY MARGRET ATWOOD, A SOCIETY IS CREATED WHERE GOD AND GOVERNMENT ARE JOINED;AND AMERICA WHICH IS NOW GILEAD,IS RUN WITH EXTREME STRICTNESS OF RELIGIOUS AND MORAL DUTIES.ATWOOD POSITS A FUTURE SOCIETY BASED ON SEXUAL REPRESSION.THERE IS A SOCIETY IN WHICH THE MAN IS ENFORCES RULERSHIP BUT THE WOMEN MAKE ALL THE OTHER DECISIONS.IT IS A SOCIETY IN WHICH THEY LIVE …

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…GENISIS CHAPTER (30:1-6).THE WOMEN THAT CANT GIVE BIRTH THINK THEY ARE RACHEL IN THE BIBLE.THEY MAKE THIER SERVANTS BEAR CHILDREN FOR THEM.THE WOMEN ARE CAPTURED AND CLASSIFIED AS POSITIVE (CAN BEAR CHILDREN-HANDMAIDS) AND NEGATIVE (CAN'T BEAR CHILDREN-MARTHAS).THESE HANDMAIDS MUST HAVE CHILDREN AND GIVE THEM AWAY TO THE COMMANDER AND HIS WIFE.THIS BOOK IS A DISTURBING NOVEL ABOUT THE WAY THE FUTURE COULD TURN OUT IF SOCIETY DOES NOT SHAPE UP.