Comparisons Of Frankenstein And The Handmaids Tale Flashcards
Escapism
THT: offred thinks about memories which are blurred between reality and fiction
F: victor escapes through dreaming
Education
THT: offreds education took her no where
F: creatures eduction form literature doesn’t help his isolation victors education causes his downfall
Radicalism
THT:offred has a radical upbringing with her mother being an active feminist- leads to the Gilead society
F:Shelley criticised radicalism- industrial rev, French rev, radical figures who couldn’t see fault in themselves
Uncanny
THT: gymnasium, commanders house
F:on his return to Geneva he is not the same anymore
Abuse of the female body
THT:Moira beaten in red centre
F:female body destroyed
Body as clinical not emotional
THT:healthy white Cotten underwear
F:victor digs up bodies to use for creation
Loneliness
THT:I want to be with someone
F:creature also wants this
Neither can due to biological determination
Both have names stripped
Outcasts
THT: idea of the unbaby
F:creature
Shelly and Atwood
THT: Atwood writes in Gilead 1/4 babies are viable
F: only 1/4 of Shelley’s babies survive
Dehumanisation
THT: have to create an it
F:victor wouldn’t call it murder if he killed the creature
A made thing
THT: what I must present is a made thing not something born
F: creature is a made thing
Original titles
THT:going to call it offred character name but chose handmaids tale
F:Shelley chose character name instead of social issue: modern Prometheus
Paranoid
THT: offred paranoid about being watched
F: victor paranoid about location of creature
Dreaming
Both offred and Frankenstein dream of people from past
Psychological investment
THT:janine thinks it’s her fault about her baby being a “shredder”
F: invested in his creation
