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HANDMAIDS TALE CONTEXT AND DYSTOPIAN FEATURES (Iranian Revolution of 1979,…
HANDMAIDS TALE CONTEXT AND DYSTOPIAN FEATURES
Iranian Revolution of 1979
Prevented from studying certain subjects, gender segregation, complete clothing, legal marriage for girls was 9
Public executions in Iran
Relates to the Wall, attempt to deter others
Black people who were lynched and hung from trees 'strange fruit'
Effects of being an outcast
Book of Genesis
Zilpah is Leah's Handmaid - was used as a surrogate
Surrogacy - become common for infertile women
Amish and Religious fundamentalists
Amish - long modest dresses,
no female education past 14,
no divorce, no modern technology,
traditional values, religious segregation from society, give up individuality, practical skills
Objectification of women
Gender Pay Gap
Marital Property
Women taking husbands name
Relates to the novel, Handmaid becomes property of commander, e.g 'Offred, Ofglen'
Women earn on average 33% less than men
Porn/Playboy
Aunt Lydia's speech on objectification
Children who have been forcibly removed
Argentina
1976-1983 = Military dictatorship, 30,000 missing children
Irish mothers
Philomena = Irish mother, child born out of wedlock and sold to wealthy American families
French Resistance and the Gestapo
Gestapo were secret spies in Nazi Germany
The Eyes are the novel equivalent, work off secret investigations to maintain order rule enforcement
French Resistance fought against Nazi occupation
The Mayday group is the novel equivalent as they rebel against the Republic
WW2 Concentration Camps
Similarity in the Red Centre, lack of choice, high security, relate angels to SS officers, indoctrination, punishments, branding
Dangers of Modern Technology
Compubank is similar to modern day online banking, dangers of allowing government control of finances
Womens money was all transferred to male next of kin
Romania in the 1980's
LIve in fear of the secret police, impoverished society, deprived lives, patriarchal, totalitatian, lack of freedom, killing doctors, secret abortions
Propaganda
Portrays the way in which the old society was bad, the showing of porn and the brutality women faced - link to dystopian features
Features of Dystopia
Nightmarish version of own world
Use of propaganda to portray Utopian society
Leaders are worshipped
Independent freedoms restricted
Use of surveillance