The republic of gilead - Samenvattingen, Aantekeningen en Examens

(Lady) Murasaki Shikibu (c. 978 -c. 1015): Novelist, diarist, and courtesan. She was the author of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari), the first known novel; the diary nikki; and a collection of tanka poems. The daughter of the court official Fujiwara Tametoki, she sat in on the classical Chinese literature lessons that her brother received, in spite of the Heian traditions against higher education for women. (Sei) Shonagan (c. 966 - c. 1013): Like Lady Murasaki, was a lady-in-waiting of th...

Een boekverslag over Margaret Atwood's The handmaid's tale. In het Engels op VWO niveau.

The Republic of Gilead uses sexuality as a source of power to control its population through the roles of the Handmaids, Commanders, and Jezebel.

This is my IB English A HL Language and Literature Essay and aims to explore the question: "In what ways does the Republic of Gilead, in Margaret ́s Atwood ́s `The Handmaid ́s Tale ́, restrict language and communication as a method of control?". It was externally graded by IB Examiners in the May 2021 session and scored a level 6. Written by an IB student who scored a 6 in English A HL Language and Literature and a total of 41/45 IB points.