1. Religious Dystopia in The Handmaid's Tale
... their God especially when they live in fear of punishment or death. The republic of Gilead is created and maintains its power structure through the use of religion, feminism, laws that isolate people from communication to one another and their families, and the fear of punishment for disobeying the law. Religion is used to put fear into the eyes of ... ; it wasn't meant to be. Everyone dreams of a perfect world, but all too often a perfect world turns into a major fail of the attempted outcome. Or one ends up with a dystopia that destroys the current society, as we know it. Women were oft...
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- Grade Level: High School