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=Click for Precis = Handmaids Tale Thesis: In //The// //Handmaids Tale// Margret Atwood takes today's common beliefs about women and pulls them to their fullest potential to create a dystopian society that is highly oppressive to women as a whole.

Outline:

I. Stereotypes about women
 * a. Women beolong in the home
 * b. Women prefer the company of women
 * c. Women are inferior to men and are best used to reproduce and create more men

II. Loose connotation of words III. Oppression of women
 * a. Offred's fixation with the different meanings of words
 * b. Change in word meaning over time
 * c. Homonyms and their effect on communication
 * a. Lack of names
 * b. Symbolism of wearing blinders
 * c. The hanging wall

IV. Religion as a theme
 * a. Ofwarren as a Christ figure
 * b. Store "our daily bread"
 * c. Wearing red