Margaret Atwood’s the Handmaid’s Tale: A Representation of Woman’s Oppression in the Gileadean Patriarchal Society
Feminism talks of the equality of men and women. It is the core belief in and advocacy of economic, social and political equality of both the sexes. Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” explores her vision of feministic ideology. This paper deals with the idea of the status of women in the society of Gile...
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| description | Feminism talks of the equality of men and women. It is the core belief in and advocacy of economic, social and political equality of both the sexes. Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” explores her vision of feministic ideology. This paper deals with the idea of the status of women in the society of Gilead. She portrays the oppression of women through the character of Offred and other female characters in the Gileadean patriarchal society. Atwood comments the recent tendency of feminism through satire to give the awareness on how the feminist visions end up in dystopias. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-eca09e16e80e4f109512f4f4577f62932023-08-29T14:16:19ZengPandian Educational Trust (TN-32-0003213), Maheswari Publishers, (The publishing unit of PANDIAN EDUCATIONAL TRUST- TN32D0026797)Pandian Journal of Women's Studies2583-715X2021-05-0111374010.5281/zenodo.7809775Margaret Atwood’s the Handmaid’s Tale: A Representation of Woman’s Oppression in the Gileadean Patriarchal SocietyDr. R. Dulasi0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3076-6368Assistant Professor of English, N.M.S.S. Vellaichamy Nadar College, Madurai-19, Tamil Nadu, India.Feminism talks of the equality of men and women. It is the core belief in and advocacy of economic, social and political equality of both the sexes. Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” explores her vision of feministic ideology. This paper deals with the idea of the status of women in the society of Gilead. She portrays the oppression of women through the character of Offred and other female characters in the Gileadean patriarchal society. Atwood comments the recent tendency of feminism through satire to give the awareness on how the feminist visions end up in dystopias.https://pandianeducationaltrust.com/data/uploads/pjws-pandian-journal-of-women-studies-files/volume-1-issue-1-may-2021/5-%20Dr%20R-Dulasi.pdffeminismoppressionpatriarchygenderequalitysociety |
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