The Handmaids Tale Compared to the Diviners

A detailed Summary of The Handmaids Tale Compared to the Diviners

On October twenty third, two thousand and two, 50 Chechen gunman and suicide

bombers overtook a popular Moscow theatre, effectively removing seven hundred and

fifty hostages from their lives in a manner which they could not control, much like the

Offred from Margaret Atwood's novel, The Handmaid's Tale, and Morag from Margaret

Laurence's novel, The Diviners. Morag was removed from a life she might have had

when both her parents fell victim to Polio, and Offred was taken from her life by a radical

change in the ruling government. They are both affected to different degrees, positively

and negatively by the common theme of isolation, which in itself has underlying factors

which include intentional, situational and coincidental isolation.

Firstly, because of events beyond their control, both Morag and Offred are flung

into new lives that separate them from those they had previously had. Offred was only

spared a new life in the colonies as an unwoman because she had been married to a

divorced man. In her previous life, breaking up Luke's marriage might have been

frowned upon, but because of it she was qualified and selected to be the new societies

Morag was effectively saved from the isolation she had experienced while married to

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Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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