Essays on The Handmaid's Tale

In Hamlet, the external conflict is that the prince is opposed to the lowland environment of the Danish court and Claudius. The internal conflict is the spiritual struggle of the hero. At the center of the tragedy is the question of man embodied in the…

 In her novel The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood uses a variety of different approaches to illustrate the abuse of women. Not only is there physical abuse present throughout this novel, but there is also mental abuse. This can be seen in the way Handmaids were…

In a politically divided climate like today’s, I often find solace in the morbid escapism of a good dystopian novel. Moreover, the totalitarian governments, ravaged planets and undead apocalypses I read about make me think, the world could be a lot worse. But recently, I’d…

Introduction Gender is an inevitable thing that people cannot change about themselves making it impossible to escape the cruel injustices that we face on a daily basis. Gender bias and discrimination exists all over the world, not only in the United States. In the novel,…

Introduction We are in the 21st century, but gender role is still a critical issue in our society. In our society, men are considered strong; and women are weak. In some place’s women are not allowed to go out for work; they must stay home…

A structure The Handmaids Tale is a dystopian novel written by Margaret Atwood. It is set in “near-future” New England where a group of religious extremist that call themselves the Republic of Gilead overthrow the United States Government. This novel is not only dystopian but…

As a young woman who grew up in Vietnam, a small country, where gender roles of men and women were heavily applying from time through time. The Vietnamese females did not have the same opportunity to attend school like the males. When I was younger,…

In the current social climate, women are powerhouses. Previously, there has always been a stigma against women. They have long been seen as lesser than men, their only use being bearing children and cooking and housework. Now, even though we aren’t fully there yet, the…

Rebellion against authority is frequent throughout history, in the Old Testament, the Lord tells Joshua that “anyone who rebels against your command and does not obey your works in all that you command him, shall be put to death; only be strong and courageous”. The…

‘The control of women and babies has been a feature of every repressive regime on the planet.’ This statement by Margaret Atwood in her new introduction to the 2017 version of A Handmaid’s Tale rings true through two key themes, women’s bodies and reproduction, within…

Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel, The Handmaid’s Tale was originally published in 1985. It is about many relevant topics including, human rights, fertility, fundamentalism, misogyny, gender inequality, and above all, power. The book is set at an unspecified future time period also known as the Gilead…