handmaids quotes Flashcards
1
Q
surveillance
A
“There must have been microphones, they’ve heard us all” (Atwood 169)
2
Q
Boredom
A
“But maybe boredom is erotic, when women do it, for men”
3
Q
autonomy
A
“We are not each other’s anymore. Instead, I am his”
4
Q
freedom
A
it was freedom to. Now you are being given freedom from”
5
Q
body autonomy
A
I used to think of my body as an instrument, of pleasure…
6
Q
scrabble
A
Now it’s forbidden, for us. Now it’s dangerous. Now it’s indecent.” (Atwood 138)
