What Are The Main Methods Of Control In The Gileadean Regime? How Are These Portrayed?

This class system also means that the regime has control over relationships in Gilead. It seems that a person may only marry once they have reached a high status. The women are kept covered up with veils so as not to encourage any improper behaviour. The women are allotted to the men. No kind of relationship precedes this. Even the relationships between women are kept minimal. “The Marthas are not supposed to fraternize with us.” When Ofred goes out for her walk to the shops, she and her partner cannot talk freely. They do not know each other well enough to be able to talk about what they think of the regime, and so stick to the accepted speech, like “Praise be”.

g act dates back in history to when hanged men and women were left out on display for as many people to look at as possible. “We’re supposed to look: this is what they are there for”, they are there as a deterrent.

The whole basis of the Gileadean regime stems from the Bible. The Bible quote from Genesis 30:1-3 gives the basic of the work of a Handmaid. This seems to condone the purpose of Handmaids, which today we would find unbelievable to find in the Bible. There are many parts of Gileadean culture that subtly remind the reader of the Biblical foundations of the society. The “accepted greeting” used by the people of Gilead, “Blessed be the fruit”, presumably refers to the “fruit of the womb” in the aforementioned Bible quote. “Under His Eye”, the “accepted farewell” remind the people of Gilead of the fact that He, God, his constantly watching over them. Even small things in the book, such as names of cars, refer to the Bible, “Whirlwind”, “Chariot” and “Behemoth”. For Ofred, Aunt Lydia is a constant reminder of the Biblical values of Gilead. She often remembers phrases she taught them and even ponders and evaluates them in her own head. “All flesh is weak. All flesh is grass, I corrected her I my head.”

The class that a woman comes under is made clear to any onlooker by the uniform they have to wear. The Governor’s wives are defined by their blue dresses, “In her long powder-blue robe, unmistakeable”. The Handmaids wear red “which defines us”. The colour of the blood which they long to prevent. “it’s the red dress she disapproves of, and what it stands for”. They also wear white “blinkers”, a kind of veil to cover their faces from lustful men. The Marthas wear green robes and aprons and the Econowives wear striped dresses. Even the men have a strict uniform. The Guardians of the Faith wear “green uniforms with crests on their shoulders and berets”.

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