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Society (("why did you form a monster so hideous that even YOU…
Society
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this ostracization makes the monster isolated, and due to this he becomes violent towards society
nature vs. nurture, people argue wether peoples personalities and actions are more a result of their genetic nature of the way they are raised
Shelley and Romantics believe people are naturally good; when the monster hears stories of violence he is horrified and appealed, showing his basic innocence, and he is vegetarian, not eating meat or killing creatures
monster lacks decent and proper nurture, and due to this improper education he becomes violent
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Atwood is (debatably) trying to show how societies repeat themselves by incorporating the mentality and methods of past societies in her future society
In the Historical Notes, the speaker seems to make light of Atwoods society and treats it as something past, however to readers it is something both present and future
shows how people don't learn from history, but rather repeat its mistakes by reading the stories of history rather than trying to understand and avoid their mistakes
one could argue that Atwood is not using the Handmaids Tale as a warning but rather showing how such societies do not last long, however this seems a less strong reading
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In Handmaids Tale, the society of Gilead is heavily patriarchal and religious
Idea of the uncanny valley( something that looks like it's human but isn't) makes the monster more scary and evokes sympathy at the same time
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