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 LITERALLY ON GENISIS CHAPTER
30:1-6.THIS IS A VERY DISTURBING NOVEL IT SUGGESTS A FUTURE WHERE
SOCIETY, AND THE RULERS ARE TYRANNICAL.
ATWOOD POSITS A FUTURE SOCIETY BASED ON SEXUAL REPRESSION.IN
THE BOOK HANDMAIDS ARE GIVEN NAMES LIKE OFWARREN AND OFGLEN WHICH
ARE COMPOSED OF POSSESIVE PREPOSITION.(PAGE 19)THE NAMES WERE
TAKEN BY THOSE WOMEN UPON THEIR ENTRY INTO THE HOUSEHOLD OF A
CERTAIN COMMANDER.THE WOMEN OR THE HANDMAIDS MUST LISTEN AND OBEY
THE COMMANDERS WIFE.MEN AND WOMEN ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TALK TO EACH
OTHER EXCEPT WHENTHEY ARE TOLD.THE CLOTHING WORN BY WOMEN IN OUR
MODERN TIME CANNOT BE WORN IT IS FORBIDDEN AND CONSIDERED DIRTY,
THE WOMEN MUST BE FULLY CLOTHED EXCEPT FOR THEIR FACE AND THEIR
HANDS.
THE FORMER UNITED STATES NOW REPUBLIC OF GILEAD,IS RUN WITH
STRICT RELIGIOUS AND MORAL DUTIES.THE PEOPLE HAVE TO PRAY DAILY,IN
THE MORNING AND IN THE NIGHT.IN THIS NOVEL THE GOVERNMENT TRIES TO
FOLLLOW GOD BUT THEY DO NOT FOLLOW IT IN THE WAYS GOD WANTED US
TO;THEY TAKE THE BIBLE LITERALLY.THE BOOK ALSO SHOWS THE HARSH
REALITY OF THE WAY OUR SOCIETY IS LIVING ESPECIALLY WOMEN.IT SHOWS
THAT WE DO NOT NOTICE THE WAY THAT OUR SOCIETY ACTS,DRESSES AND
BEHAVES.DEEP FEELINGS OF OUR MORALITY AS HUMANS ARE PRESENTED.
IN THIS BOOK,ATWOOD CREATES A SOCIETY WHERE MEN ENFORCE
RULERSHIP, BUT WOMEN MAKE ALL OTHER CHOICES.IN THE NOVEL MEN ARE
EITHER A PARLIMENTARY OR MI...