The treachery of authority through Banville and Atwood

• Main Author: Lau, Qian Yu
• Other Authors: Cornelius Anthony Murphy
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::Literature::English
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/62755
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

John Banville’s The Book of Evidence and Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale explores the rejection of authority on multiple levels. The Book of Evidence delves into the world of Freddie Montgomery, who has committed homicide and is recounting his life. In a strange twist of events, Freddie attemp...