Essays about: "The Handmaid’s Tale"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words The Handmaid’s Tale.
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1. "It´s only the insides of our bodies that are important" : A comparison of Margaret Atwood´s novel The Handmaid´s Tale and the tv-adaptation of the novel made by Bruce Miller
University essay from Mälardalens universitet/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikationAbstract : This essay will compare Margaret Atwood´s dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale to the tv-adaptation of the novel by Bruce Miller. In the original work, the protagonist Offred narrates the story of her life in a patriarchal society called Gilead. In contrast, the viewers are guided by different sound and visual strategies in the series. READ MORE
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2. Motherhood in a Patriarchal Society : A Feminist Analysis of Motherhood in The Handmaid´s Tale by Margaret Atwood
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : Margaret Atwood The Handmaid´s Tale displays a discouraging picture of a patrairchal society where women have little to nothing to say about how they want to live their life. Decresing population rates due to fertility issues make the ability to have children a very important aspect of their society. READ MORE
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3. Teaching The Handmaid’s Tale in Upper Secondary School : A literary analysis of theme and character and the novel’s affordances for learning regarding gender equality
University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskapAbstract : This essay demonstrates what affordances for learning the dystopia The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood has in upper secondary school to promote gender equality. The importance of covering gender equality is evident since Skolverket decided to include the topic in every subject in the Swedish upper secondary school with the start of July 1, 2022. READ MORE
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4. ‘The Gaps Between Stories’ : Examining the Gray Area of Sexual Consent in The Handmaid’s Tale
University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskapAbstract : This project’s aim was to examine how the institutionalization of rape and sexual violence becomes problematic if analyzed through the conceptual lens of consent and complicity. After this close reading of consent and sexual violence, the answers are still not clear or easily discerned. READ MORE
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5. Hegemonic Masculinity in Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale : A gender analysis on the masculinity of the two characters Luke and the Commander in Margaret Atwood’s novel The Handmaid’s Tale
University essay from Karlstads universitetAbstract : This essay deals with how Margaret Atwood’s novel The Handmaid’s Tale (1985) works as a critique of the patriarchal hierarchy and the values it brings. This is portrayed in a dystopic setting in which women are subordinate to men, but also men being subordinate and marginalized by other men. READ MORE
