English Adv. Memorisation Flashcards

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Handmaid’s Tale Rebellion

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‘Mayday people’, Moira, Orffed’s mentality - not fully brainwashed, affair with Nick

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Rebellions quote - HT - contrasts two sides of battle

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“There is not shadow unless there is also light”

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Rebellion quote - HT - Latin inscription

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“Don’t let the bastards grind you down”

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Rebellion quote - HT - subtle hint at unlikeness to other guards

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“He’s wearing the uniform of the guardians, but his cap is tilted at a jaunty angle”

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V for Vendetta Rebellion

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  • Mask of ‘everyman’ to inspire
  • Gunpowder Plot still recognised
  • V is outside of regime
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Rebellion quote - V - metaphor of ideas

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“Beneath this mask there is an idea, and ideas are bulletproof”

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Rebellion quote - V - power of the voice

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“The people’s voice is much, much louder than they care to remember”

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Rebellion quote - V - last inch of us that’s left when we die (core)

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“We must never let them take it from us”

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Handmaid’s Tale Totalitarianism

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  • surveillance, brainwashing
  • ‘The Eye’
  • Islamic revolution and fanatical approach to treatment of women
  • Abortion laws in America
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Totalitarianism quote - HT - children against parents

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“Children were taught to spy on their parents and report their deviations”

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Totalitarianism quote - HT - Anxious tone

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“He may be an Eye”

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Totalitarianism quote - HT - hidden intentions

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“I intend to get out of here”

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V for Vendetta Totalitarianism

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  • closed circuit TV - mass surveillance currently in China
  • Fascist regime
  • censoring, propaganda
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Totalitarianism - V - chiasmus

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“People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.”

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Totalitarianism - V - alliteration

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“Systems of surveillance coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission”

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Totalitarianism - V - metaphor

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“They say that life’s a game and then they take the board away”

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Othello Race quotes

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  • “An old black ram it tupping your white ewe”
  • “The Moor”
  • “Far more far than black”
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Othello gender quotes

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  • “Happiness to their sheets”
  • “We must not now displease him”
  • “A creature that dotes on Cassio”
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Othello deception quotes

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  • “I am not what I am”
  • “She has deceived her father, and may thee”
  • “With as little a web as this, I will ensnare as great a fly”