Religious Themes and Symbolism in Romero and The Handmaid’s Tale It is interesting to compare and contrast the films Romero and The Handmaid’s Tale through the structure of religion. The two films draw a comparison and similarities between elements that are significant to what David Chidester explains about normal religion. David Chidester states that “religion […]
Abstract: The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood, is a novel that brings up questions about women’s rights, freedom, and oppression. Atwood gives you a look into a society run by men in a place called Gilead. This novel helps shed some light on how Gilead and our society today are similar in many ways. Atwood […]
Women’s Role in Enforcing Patriarchal Control: There is always a possibility that in a male-dominated society, women are the ones who impose and control the rules set out by them over women. In her novel The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood portrays a dystopian society of Gilead in which the male-controlled society restricts women’s individuality and […]
Introduction: In political terms, power is the ‘ability to control the behavior of people and/or influence the outcome of events.’ according to study.com. Typically, power is asserted to those of a higher rank on the hierarchy. In Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, there was a two-level hierarchy prevalent throughout the entire novel. Men were on […]
Unveiling Societal Norms and Femininity in Pride and Prejudice: Pride and Prejudice, written by Jane Austen and published in the year 1813, is set in the countryside of England. This romantic novel follows the development of the protagonist, Elizabeth Bennet, who learns the importance of avoiding hasty judgments and the differences between superficial and reality. […]
Shifting Societal Values in Pride and Prejudice In the book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, the text reveals a shift in society’s values through the interpretation of characters and gender-bias archetypes revealed in the past and connecting them to today. The different opinions in the articles show how others interpret the novel by comparing […]
Entailment in “Pride and Prejudice” Entail (en-tail) – A restriction, especially of lands, by limiting the inheritance to the owner’s lineal descendants or to a particular class thereof. In Pride and Prejudice, the entailment was owning a piece of land that is kept in one family and made them more wealthy and of higher class. […]
