The Handmaid's Tale

Question 1

Mazzeno

Answer 1

“Atwood, however, is careful not to portray women simply as victims. First of Atwood may be reminding her readers that women have traditionally served to enforce the rules of a patriarchal society.”

Question 2

Amber

Answer 2

“Atwood may be reminding her readers that women have traditionally served to enforce the rules of a patriarchal society, from bearing responsibility for the socialization of young girls to the policing of adult nonconformists through ridicule or ostracism.”