handmaids tale chapters 3 and 4

Question 1

what was key context for the handmaids tale?

Answer 1

many of the file clippings that Atwood kept were in reference to the New Right
in 1979 the moral majority was founded- this was designed to counter the social and cultural changes of the 60s and 70s.

Question 2

what are the key biblical references in this chapter?

Answer 2

“perhaps he is an eye”- proverbs
“blessed be the fruit” genesis
“I receive with joy” Luke
“praise be to the god and father our lord” - quote from the bible, Corinthians