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And what about Atwood? The Handmaid’s Tale as a response to the regime

Summary/Abstract: This article is devoted to the interpretation of Margaret Atwood’s novel The Hand-maid’s Tale. It depicts the changes that have taken place in the United States of America, wherethe political system has been transformed following a coup d’état and the seizure of power byreligious fundamentalists. The writer devotes a great deal of space in the work to the situation of women, so the article uses the perspective of feminist criticism. This made it possible todescribe the barbaric laws that particularly affected women. This optic opened up differentlevels of interpretation, such as the limitations of being a woman. Margaret Atwood’s take onthe novel, however, not only undertakes a critique of the regime of power, but also points to theweaknesses of liberal democracy. Accordingly, the article devotes space to the issue of women’seconomic oppression, an environmental issue. Furthermore, the diversity of women in termsof their position in the social hierarchy, age, sexuality or reproductive capacity is captu red.It seems, therefore, that the writer takes an example from her female readers, which has beenseen as a turn towards intersectionality.

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