The fictional element in "The Handmaid's Tale" that can be associated with 20th and 21st-century reality is the oppressive government.
We can arrive at this answer because:
- In "The Handmaid's Tale" we can identify the existence of a very oppressive government, which limits people's freedom and individuality.
- During the 20th and 21st centuries, many oppressive governments were raised and overthrown.
This shows that in the real world, the existence of oppressive governments is something very common to happen, even if the literature shows it as something fictitious.
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