FG + HMT links Flashcards
The Long Queen
Summary:
characterises lives of women through history - Elizabeth I as female protagonist, dedicates reign to bringing up generations of females.
HMT links:
Offred acts as everyman to all women in novel, similar to EI
THEMES:
Social Class,
Identity,
Personal experience/belief
Gender,
Freedom,
Roles/expectations
Power/control
Isolation
HMT links:
Offred acts as everyman to all women in novel, similar to EI
The Map Woman
Summary:
Conceit of a map on skin - identity and position of women in the world. range of poetic techniques to convey the journey through life and how society + male expectations change impact lives
HMT links:
themes of identity similar to Offred - past is never the past, constant flashbacks in Night sections
THEMES:
Social Structures
Identity
Personal experience
Conflict
Freedom
Roles/expectations
isolation
HMT links:
themes of identity similar to Offred - past is never the past, constant flashbacks in Night sections
Beautiful
Summary:
four famous women to structure poem - Helen of Troy, Cleopatra, Marilyn Monroe, Princess Diana.
Judged on phusical appearance and stereotypes
HMT links:
Objectification of women through beauty or fertility - Offred objectified by Gilead in a similar yet hyperbolic way
THEMES:
Social class
Social structure
Identity
Personal experience
Conflict
Morals
Gender
Freedom
Rebellion
Political movements
Sexuality
Roles/Expectations
Isolatio
HMT links:
Objectification of women through beauty or fertility - Offred objectified by Gilead in a similar yet hyperbolic way
The Woman Who Shopped
Summary:
Poem linked to ‘the diet’ - obsession, addiction and societal pressures. obsessed with reinventing herslef through shopping - body as a sybol of capitalism to show how women sacrifice identity conforming to stereotypes/society
HMT links:
Objectification and obsession with a particular aspect of character - symbolism
Offred lost freedom of shopping WAIT NO The whole shopping segment compare that B_)
THEMES:
Social structures
Identity
Personal experiences
Gender?
Power/control
isolation
HMT links:
Objectification and obsession with a particular aspect of character - symbolism
Offred lost freedom of shopping WAIT NO The whole shopping segment compare that B_)
Tall
Summary:
Duffy constructs enormously tall woman - deity
inhabits bleak world - isolation
final gesture to save humanity
HMT links:
Women isolated by individual features - Offred fertility, tall tall.
both worshipped in a weird way.
THEMES:
Social structure
Identity
Power/control
Isolation
HMT links:
Women isolated by individual features - Offred fertility, tall tall.
both worshipped in a weird way.
Loud
Summary:
represents female power through quality of loud voice, metamorphosis isolates her from society.
Voice finally loses impact - loss of womens power
HMT links:
Offred silenced by Gilead society - link to Anon?
Moira and freedom of speech - still captured in society
THEMES:
Social structures
Identity
personal experience
Conflict
Morals
Gender
Freedom
Rebellion
Political Movements
Power/control
isolation
HMT links:
Offred silenced by Gilead society - link to Anon?
Moira and freedom of speech - still captured in society
History
Summary:
cruel neglect of elderly lady - seen as reaction to feminist historians arguing that history of female have been forgotten
Society degrades history and women
HMT links:
Womens history removed - seen through the destruction of feminist literature and Offreds memories of it
THEMES:
Social class
Social structures
identity
personal experiences
conflict
morals
gender
political movements
roles
power/conrol
isolation
HMT links:
Womens history removed - seen through the destruction of feminist literature and Offreds memories of it
Sub
Summary: first-person narrative, plays with gender roles and how achievement is distorted in favour of men.
sports, music, science all relate to male achievements.
Duffy uses ironic tone to create a paradox between masc and maternal imagery to show hinderence of gender stereotypes
THEMES:
Social class/structure
identity
personal experience
conflict
gender
freedom
rebellion
political movements
sexuality (ish)
Roles/expectations
Power/controls
isolation
