Family

Question 1

One of them is vastly pregnant

Answer 1

One of them is vastly pregnant l; her belly under her loose garment, swells triumphantly. she is a flag on a hilltop showing us what can still be done, we too can be saved

Question 2

Give me children

Answer 2

Give me children or else I die

biblical manipulation - birth dearth fears - puritan new England

Question 3

The commanders wife looks down at the baby

Answer 3

The commanders wife looks down at the baby as if it’s a bouquet of flowers, something she’s won, a tribute

tension between the two/unnatural

Question 4

The kitchen smells of yeast

Answer 4

The kitchen smells of yeast, ………. it smells of me in former times when I was a mother

offred finds hope in remembering the past

Question 5

I pull her to the ground

Answer 5

I pull her to the ground and roll on top of her to cover her shield her

anaphora cover her shield her - urgency

Question 6

with its double

Answer 6

with its double seat, the back one raised like a throne behind the other

highly visual - class

Question 7

we used to be

Answer 7

we used to be each others instead i am his (lukes reaction after gilead takeover, mens readiness to have power)

possessive language mirrors that used in gilead society