Themes from Handmaid
Title: Themes from Handmaid
Category: /Society & Culture/Religion
Details: Words: 1167 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Themes from Handmaid
Category: /Society & Culture/Religion
Details: Words: 1167 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Themes
Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work.
Women's Bodies as Political Instruments - Because Gilead was formed in response to the crisis caused by dramatically decreased birthrates, the state's entire structure, with its religious trappings and rigid political hierarchy, is built around a single goal: control of reproduction. The state tackles the problem head-on by assuming complete control of women's bodies through their political subjugation. Women cannot vote,
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