The Oppression of Women in the Handmaid’s Tale
Words: 778 Pages: 3 9357Women's bodies become battlegrounds in Atwood's Gilead, where freedom dies in silence. In the city of Gilead, women's rights are stripped away, enforcing a life of subjugation and demoralization. This essay explores the mechanisms through which Gilead dehumanizes women, contrasting this fictional world with our contemporary society and examining the resistance within the narrative. The Systematic Subjugation Gilead operates on a system that dehumanizes women, treating them as mere vessels for procreation rather than individuals with autonomy. The government enforces […]