The Handmaid's Tale Essay Examples and Topics

Societally speaking, literature has consistently been utilized throughout history as a means of commentary; Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale is no exception. The classic novel outlines the dangers of misogyny and religious agendas during an American era of social liberties and monumental movements towards female…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

 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…

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…

Dystopian worlds bring about a feeling of uneasiness, the general lack of privacy and each unique characteristics that each government or ruling class inflicts upon their citizens. Often regarded as impossible, The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood and 1984 by George Orwell challenge that speculation….

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,…