17. “Professor Pieixoto scarcely needs any introduction, as he is well known…and the well-known study ‘Iran and Gilead: Two Late-Twentieth-Century Monotheocracies, as Seen Through Diaries.’”(Page 300)
The “Historical Notes” begin with a notation of the studies Professor Pieixoto has been involved with. One of these studies is a comparison between the Iranian government of the late 20th century to Atwood’s Republic of Gilead. In the late 20th century, the government of Iran was very conservative. Women were under heavy restrictions (i.e. not a lot of freedom with their clothes or what they did). Furthermore, the Iranian government denied that the Holocaust happened and attempted to hide historic events from the Iranian people. In Atwood’s novel, the government tries to hide the past before the Republic of Gilead was created.
“Iran in the 20th Century.” Emayzine 2001. Web. 25 Apr. 2010. http://www.emayzine.com/lectures/Iran20Century.html.
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