Gender

Question 1

He hasn’t been issued a woman

Answer 1

• Women are objectified in Gilead

Question 2

Give quotations that present the overwhelming misogynistic patriarchy of Gilead in the waiting room in chp11

Answer 2

• “Still wearing his pistol in the shoulder holster”
• “He’s six feet tall, about, a diagonal scar across his cheek” shows men taking over female roles

Question 3

“We are two legged wombs” Chp23

Answer 3

Shows how women in Gilead have been subjected to reproduction

Question 4

“Angela, Angela” Chp 21

Answer 4

• Suggest that the baby is dehumanised/ worshipped
• The women speak in unison, so they loose their individuality