"The Handmaids Tale" by Margaret Atwood - exploring the limitations imposed by gender, power and religion

Task: In the text The Handmaid's Tale, Atwood explores the limitations imposed by gender, power and religion. Discuss.
In Margaret Atwood's A Handmaid's Tale, Atwood explores the limitations of society imposed by gender, power and religion. In the book, the male species is the dominant gender. The have a lot less restrictions, and many more freedoms. In one way they have the ultimate power, but in another, the females are in control. Power is divided into classes, or positions. Commanders and their wives seem to hold physical power, but handmaids hold the mental power. Although they can't…