Chapter 27-29

Question 1

When Ofglen first speaks to Offred properly

Answer 1

“Do you think God listens” - God straight away

Whispering - intimacy

Subversion, sedition, blasphemy, greasy -> asyndetic - listing - rushing thoughts a

Question 2

Why do you think Atwood then follows this passage with an account of a man being captured by the Eyes

Answer 2

‘Harsh consequences of what she’s done

Reinforces regime

Sig - assumes Ofglen = eye -> theme - appearance v reality
TRUST NO ONE

Question 3

how does Atwood present Offred’s relationship with Luke as having changed at the commencement of the Gilead regime?

Note down techniques she employs in the passages on pages 188/9 and 191/3

Answer 3

‘It’s only a job’ - reassuring but ignorant

‘I’ll always take care of you’ - patronising - power

‘I couldn’t put my arms around him’ -> can’t confide in him

191- use of word ‘he’ as opposed to Luke - not her husband but a male