The Handmaid’s Tale is Margaret Atwood’s dystopic vision of Christianity gone bad. The result is a society that has become a feminist nightmare. Get all A*/Level 7 Notes, essays and context for the novel aimed at A-Level and IB.
Essays
Essays
+ How does Atwood present the dystopia at the start of the novel?
+ Is the Handmaid’s Tale a typical Dystopic novel?
+ Feminsim in the Handmaid’s Tale
+ How are women portrayed in The Handmaid’s Tale?
Background Notes
+ link to Atwood’s explanation of what she was thinking about when she wrote the novel.
+ What is a dystopia?
+ What is a utopia?
+ links between 1984, George Orwell and The Handmaid’s Tale
+ Is the Handmaid’s Tale a typical Dystopic novel?
+ Feminsim in the Handmaid’s Tale
+ How are women portrayed in The Handmaid’s Tale?
Background Notes
+ link to Atwood’s explanation of what she was thinking about when she wrote the novel.
+ What is a dystopia?
+ What is a utopia?
+ links between 1984, George Orwell and The Handmaid’s Tale
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