a deleuzean reading of the handmaid’s tale: active and reactive forces

in this paper the handmaid’s tale by margaret atwood is studied with the deleuzean approach. what is very significant in the handmaid’s tale from deleuzean point of view is the exercise of power over people. in order to better understand what this exercise of power draws on society the handmaid’s tale is a very tangible sample. in order to better understand, the key terms around force and exercise of power are found in deleuze’s approach and matched with them in the handmaid’s tale. this paper studies to what extent it is possible to read the handmaid’s’ tale in the light of deleuzean theories about active and reactive force. this study searches for theories of deleuze about force in the margaret atwood’s the handmaid’s tale and suggests the signs of the society under the strict control and boundaries of such governments. fortunately the elements of force which described by deleuze are fully matched with items in the novel.