handmaid’s tale critics quotes Flashcards
dominick m. grace: “the historical notes serve to undercut…”
“the ‘historical notes’ serve to undercut our faith in reliability”
dominick m. grace: “gilead… reduces all…”
“gilead… reduces all experiences to a single perspective”
dominick m. grace: “we lived in the gaps…”
“we lived in the gaps between the stories”
dominick m. grace: “offred… can manipulate…”
“offred… can manipulate language to create her own subjectivity”
karen stein: “in gilead, women…”
“in gilead, women have been framed”
karen stein: “the ‘historical notes’ section…”
“the ‘historical notes’ section furthers the satirical purpose of the novel”
karen stein: “authoritarian practice of gilead…”
“authoritarian practice of gilead which aims to control women”
aman malack: “state policy in gilead…”
“state policy in gilead relegates sex to a saleable commodity”
aman malack: “a state that claims to be…”
“a state that claims to be founded on christian principles yet lacks spirituality and benevolence”
aman malack: “everyone ruled by the gilead regime…”
“everyone ruled by the gilead regime suffers with deprivation of having no choice”
klarer: “these measures aim at…”
“these measures aim at giving male leadership all the advantages”
stokwisz: “language is highlighted as the main…”
“language is highlighted as the main instrument of ideological and social control”
