SOURCE: “The World As It Will Be? Female Satire and the Technology of Power in The Handmaid's Tale,” in Modern Language Studies, Vol. XX, No. 2, Spring, 1990, pp. 39-49.
In the following essay, Hammer discusses Atwood's use of satire and ironic appropriation of male literary convention to portray female domination and the dynamics of social control in The Handmaid's Tale.
This is a free excerpt of 60 words. There are 4,334 words (approx.
14 pages at 300 words per page) in the full critical essay.
Read the rest of this Criticism with our The Handmaid's Tale: Critical Essay by Stephanie Barbé Hammer Access Pass.
