The Handmaid: A Brief Story Of Cassander

In “The Handmaid 's Tale” by Margaret Atwood, there is the addressing of freedom, abuse of power, feminism, rebellion and sexuality. The audience is transported to a disparate time where things normalized in our current society are almost indistinguishable. Atwood uses each character carefully to display the set of theme of rebellion within the writing, really giving the reader a taste of what the environment is like by explaining detailed interactions, and consequences as well as their role in society.

The Handmaid's Tale, a film based on Margaret Atwood’s book depicts a dystopia, where pollution and radiation have rendered innumerable women sterile, and the birthrates of North America have plummeted to dangerously low levels. To make matters worse, the nation’s plummeting birth rates are blamed on its women. The United States, now renamed the Republic of Gilead, retains power the use of piousness, purges, and violence. A Puritan theocracy, the Republic of Gilead, with its religious trappings and rigid class, gender, and racial castes is built around the singular desire to control reproduction. Despite this, the republic is inhabited by characters who would not seem out of place in today's society. They plant flowers in the yard, live in suburban houses, drink whiskey in the den and follow a far off a war on the television. The film leaves the conditions of the war and the society vague, but this is not a political tale, like Fahrenheit 451, but rather a feminist one. As such, the film, isolates, exaggerates and dramatizes the systems in which women are the 'handmaidens' of today's society in general and men in particular.

I noticed that the Handmaids exclusively wear red this reminded me of the book The Scarlet Letter because in the book the protagonist is forced to wear a red “A”. She is forced to wear a scarlet A because she had an affair, they did this to publicly humiliate her. The Handmaids are not necessarily being ostracized but they do commit adultery because the commanders are married. Offred is isolated, she eats alone can not see her family and the only people she regularly talks to are the marthas and Ofglen.

We learn from the journeys we take, through experience, not from the destination itself. This statement is supported by both Margaret Atwood’s fictional dystopian novel ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ and Oliver Stone’s crime fiction film ‘Natural Born Killers’. Through the use of multiple techniques Atwood makes it clear that the protagonist Offred undertakes inner and imaginative journeys during the course of the novel and learns from them. Likewise, Stone uses an array of film techniques to convey both physical and inner journeys. Both texts are formed so they unfold gradually taking the viewers on a journey and it becomes evident that there is much to be learnt from journeys.

The next morning, Ramses woke up feeling refreshed and devoured a meal that'd been left in his room. When the guards Prince Cyrillus assigned to stalk him like a shadow only fell in place behind him and didn't try to stop him, Ramses ventured out of his assigned bedchamber and began to explore Prince Cyrillus' living quarters. Nothing interested him until he found the prince's personal combat field.

Parents typically don’t want their children reading in depth books about sex; however, The Handmaid’s Tale offers great fictional examples that teach sexism and the mistreatment of women, yet these examples can lead some in the wrong way. Therefore depending on the view in society, The Handmaid’s tale should be banned or kept to certain areas of the world because of the unfair treatment of women.

Rather, when I considered for myself, and your parents for you, whom we might take as the best partner for the household and children, I chose you, and your parents, as it appears, from among the possibilities chose me” (Xenophon, VII.10-11). Indeed, the girl is looked upon as an employee of the husband and the oikos. Euphiletus states how “…in the beginning she was the best of women. She was a clever housewife, economical and exact in her management of everything” (Freeman, 44). For Euphiletus, his wife’s worth was based totally on her managerial skills.

Nausicaa was the daughter of King Alcinous and Queen Arete. At Scheria, at the beach, Nausicaa met Odysseus assuring him that he would be welcome at her parents palace, because she loved him. Odysseus had lost all his men at sea because of poseidon who was mad at him for blinding his son a Cyclops. Poseidon had trapped Odysseus on an island for avery long time until Athena, the goddess of wisdom, craft, and battle, and Zeus decided was time for Odysseus to leave to be reunited with his wife Penelope and his son. Odysseus was then sent out to sea, but again, his ship wrecked and he tried to swim to a near island. The next morning Odysseus asked asked a girl standing nearby, Nausicaa, for clothes, since he was naked, and food. He was then taken

Throughout this journal, Andrius can be characterized as helpful and caring. First off, Andrius can be characterized as helpful in multiple ways. For example, he tries to give the prisoners foods even though the NKVD is forcing his mother to sleep with them. If the NKVD found out that he is helping the prisoners, they will probably get wipe out. Andrius continued, “‘Because they threatened to kill me unless she slept with them…So how would you feel, Lina, if your mother felt had to prostitute herself to save your life?’” (Sepetys 159). In the quote, Andrius seems hopeless and tired, but he did not show any of the feelings to the prisoners in orders to keep up the spirit. He is being helpful because he ignored his feelings and still willing

He was awarded a spot on Mount Olympus between Athena and Hephaestus. This promotion made his heart even more compassionate, to a point where it was an eminent threat. He decided to view life on Earth from the perspective of a mortal, for he felt like he had been enthralled by the heavenly pleasures. He descended to Earth and started roaming through the lands of Athens. It was a very nice city and he found himself his own home. The people took notice of this strange new villager but didn’t think too much of him. At night he dropped gifts at houses that belonged to people who were honest and considerate. One day he was walking through the night when he noticed that there was a strange little girl wandering through the streets in rags. When he asked who he was, she replied, “I am the daughter of the Olympians; I emerged from the fireplace of Hestia. My name is Merthos” Merthos was the god of science and engineering.

This second attempt at gaining power was described by Herodotus as "the silliest trick which history has to record.". Dressed in gleaming armor, he arrived in the city accompanied by a tall and beautiful woman, posing as the goddess Athena. The Athenians rejoiced at the arrival of their new leader and the 'goddess' even when they discovered Athena was actually a tall girl called Phye from a local village. To cement his power, he married the daughter of Cleisthenes father, Megacles. However, when Pisistratus discovered the curse of the Alcmaeonids, he divorced her. Without their support his rule came to an abrupt end.

In Athens, women had very little rights. Womens fathers were the ones who got to choose whom they married, and that caused trouble for the lovers. Hermia’s father, Egeus, strongly believed in this rule. At the beginning, Egeus decides that he wants Hermia to marry Demetrius, which is good for Demetrius but bad for Hermia. Hermia, daringly refuses her father’s wishes, so they seek the help of Theseus, the Duke of Athens. Theseus listens to their situation, and being the authority in the situation, tells Hermia: “Either to die the death, or to abjure for the society of men. Therefore, fair Hermia,... if you yield not to your father’s choice, you can endure the livery of a nun...”(24). This shows how authority, in this case the law, gets in the way of “the course of true love…”(28). Egeus’s decision to have Hermia marry Demetrius does not only affect Hermia but also affects Helena. When Hermia’s father chooses Demetris to be her

Imagine a country where choice is not a choice.  One is labeled by their age and economical status.  The deep red cloaks, the blue embroidered dresses, and the pinstriped attire are all uniforms to define a person's standing in society.  To be judged, not by beauty or personality or talents, but by the ability to procreate instead. To not believe in the Puritan religion is certain death.  To read or write is to die.  This definition is found to be true in the book, The Handmaid's Tale (1986) by Margaret Atwood.  It is a heartbreaking story of one young woman and her transformation into the Gilead society, the society described above. In the book, we meet Offred, the narrator of the story.  This

Osiris was married to his sister Isis. Since Osiris was the oldest he became the King of Egypt. However, Osiris had this younger brother named Set who was jealous of him. Set wanted to rule all of Egypt. So Set turned into a vicious monster and killed Osiris. Set cut Osiris into pieces and scattered them all over egypt. So with Osiris gone . Set was now the king of egypt, and he married Nephthys his sister.

he told Theseus, The duke of Athen to help. But Hermia didn’t want to marry with Demetrius. She loves