Essay Archive - Society's Views on Family Values and Children as Reflected in the novel The Handmaid's Tale
Society's Views on Family Values and Children as Reflected in the novel The
Handmaid's Tale
In the olden days, religion and politics went hand in hand. The
church either ran the land or had a strangle hold on the people. If the
church thought there was one way to do something, one had to do as the
church requested or suffer great penalty. To go against the church was to
go against God, and that meant death. The king was supposed to be chosen by
God to rule the people in the way he commanded. The king was the closest
thing to God on earth. Monarchs generally rule....
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