handmaids Flashcards
name a scientific setting?
Harvard university
what is significant about Offreds mother?
she is a radical second wave feminism
how does the text present sacrificial victims?
janine - women associated with imagery of purity who go through great trauma
what is Offreds mother attending when Offred has a memory of her? (ch7)
the pornography burning
why does Offred say she values the nighttime?
she has time to her self in order to think and remember her past life - moment of freedom and rebellion
which group of outsiders do Offred bumb into on the way back from the shop?
japanese tourists
what is the significance of the quotation “i would like to believe this is a story i’m telling”
shows the narrative is constructed and she is an unreliable narrator
in the historic notes how do we know patriarchal control hasn’t changed?
male academic telling the narrative, makes a sexist joke about offred
how does Atwood draw a parallel between nick and luke?
relationships with both, elicit emotions, imagines 3 scenarios with both
what is the AO3 link to decree 770 set by the roman government?
mandatory health checks for women, banned contraception - links to women being used to reproduce only and having health checks