. This makes the novel a feminist dystopia one, because the treatment of the women as a result of this attitude is so obviously wrong and immoral, teetering on the brink of becoming blasphemous, but is still not stopped because it is seen as the "political ideal". The use of motif in The Handmaid's Tale is vital in fitting into the dystopian tradition.
             Rape and sexual violence are recurring motifs. The prevalence of rape and pornography in the world before Gilead is believed to just
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