![]() ![]() Every individual in this society has their assigned places and roles, and any deviation from them is punishable by no less than death. The Handmaid’s Tale is narrated by a woman whose function is reduced to the reproductive capacity of her body. By examining the ways play subverts oppressive strategies, it offers a larger view of the disarming and overpowering potential of the ingenious and humorous usage of language and exercise of art as extensions of play. ![]() This paper aims at looking into the concept of play and its manifestations in language and art in Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale by utilizing the theories of Johan Huizinga, who, in his study Homo Ludens, argues that civilization itself is an outgrowth of play. ![]()
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