Handmaid Tale Quotes Flashcards

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Quote 1

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“But the night is my way out. Where should I go.”
(Foreshadowing)

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Quote 2

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It’s a beautiful may day.” (Foreshadowing)

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Quote 3

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Like the flag of an unknown country. He is violating customs. What do I do now.
(Simile)

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Quote 4

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“Though this time men and women would try each other on like suits, rejecting whatever did not fit.” (Simile)

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Quote 5

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“Like a gradually heating bathtub, you’d be dead before you knew it” (simile/metaphor)”

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Quote 6

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We live in the gaps of the stories”

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Quote 7

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“Hold, hold, expel, expel.” “Breathe, breathe.” (Repetition)

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Quote 8

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My heart opening, closing, opening, closing, opening. (Repetition)

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