1. The Handmaid's Tale
... , a government in which the church and the state were one and the same. Moreover, they did not tolerate other religious belief systems. Like the Puritans, the society of Gilead has strict moral discipline and religious values, with traditional family values playing a big part. This includes men as the head of a family, reflected by the dominant role of the Commander. In the ... served as a method for stamping out every competing ideology, religious or not. This is an example of how language and narrative structure can be used in a text to manipulate a reader's interpretation of themes or...
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