by melaniewp | Nov 13, 2013 | A-Level English, Analysis, Feminism, IB English, Margaret Atwood, Quotes, The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood’s novel, The Handmaid’s Tale is a feminist novel but also a criticism of feminsim. To understand it, you need to understand the history of women’s rights. To understand women’s rights, you need to understand human rights,...
by melaniewp | Nov 11, 2013 | 1984, A-Level, A-Level English, Brave New World, Coursework, Dystopia, Dystopic Fiction, Exam Essays, Fahrenheit 451, IB, Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale
Analysis: To What Extent is the Handmaid’s Tale a Typical Dystopic Novel?The literary genre of dystopia derives from works of political philosophy like Thomas Moore’s Utopia (1561). In the Utopia, Moore explores his ideas of how to run the perfect society. Moore’s...
by melaniewp | Sep 23, 2013 | A-Level English, English Literature, IB, Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale
This essay is 1,150 words long and is aimed at International Baccalaureate Higher Level or A-Level.The Handmaid’s Tale explores a world in which there has been a catastrophic failure of fertility. Women are removed to traditional roles and feminism is a dead...
by melaniewp | Sep 18, 2013 | A-Level English, Analysis, Essays, GCSE, IB, IB English, IB Higher Level English, Margaret Atwood, Model Answers, Model Essays, The Handmaid's Tale
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+ How does Atwood...
by melaniewp | Sep 15, 2013 | A-Level English, AS Level, Coursework, English Literature Exam, GCSE, IB English, Margaret Atwood, Model Essays, The Handmaid's Tale
The essay is 1140 words long and covers the start – first five chapters – of the novel.The Handmaid’s Tale is a dystopic fantasy set in the future of the USA, which has been renamed ‘the Republic of Gilead’. Atwood paints a brutal nightmare centred on the...
