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The regime takes the Book of Genesis absolutely at its word, with bizarre consequences for the women and men in its population. The story is told through the eyes of Offred, one of the unfortunate Handmaids under the new social order.
Drabble: The Middle Ground. Bowen: Collected Stories. Eco: The Name of the Rose. 1981 Davics: The Cornish Trilogy (to 1988). Gallant: Home Truths. Updike: Rabbit is Rich. Alther: Original Sin. Lessing: Sirian Experiments.
Offred, a Handmaid, describes life in what was once the United States, now the Republic of Gilead, a shockingly repressive and intolerant monotheocracy, in a satirical tour de force set in the near future
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The Republic of Gilead offers Offred only one function: to breed .
La 4e de couverture indique : "The Republic of Gilead offers Offred only one function : to breed.
This is the story of Offred, one of the unfortunate “Handmaids” under the new social order who have only one purpose: to breed.
Though some may find Schlöndorff's use of strong images evoking the Jewish Holocaust experience to stress the plight of African ... a fantasy “fraught with white privilege” (Women's Issues in Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, ed.
The Handmaid's Tale is not only a radical and brilliant departure for Margaret Atwood, it is a novel of such power that the reader will be unable to forget its...
Set in the near future, America has become a puritanical theocracy and Offred tells her story as a Handmaid under the new social order whose function is to breed.
The perfect companion to Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale," this study guide contains a chapter by chapter analysis of the book, a summary of the plot, and a guide to major characters and themes.BookCap Study Guides do not contain ...
Discusses the characters, plot and writing of The handmaid's tale by Margaret Atwood. Includes critical essays on the novel and a brief biography of the author.
A look at the near future presents the story of Offred, a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, once the United States, an oppressive world where women are no longer allowed to read and are valued only as long as they are viable for ...
The Handmaid's Tale: By Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid's Tale: Inhaltsangaben und Interpretationen, Themen und Wortschatz, Musterklausuren
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Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead.
This look at the near future presents the story of Offred, a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, once the United States, an oppressive world where women are no longer allowed to read and are valued only as long as they are viable for ...