HT Context Flashcards
what are the 5 main dystopian features
totalitarianism, freedom, surveillance, censorship,theocracy
where did Atwood live that inspired the novel? How did she feel?
West Berlin during the Cold War - felt spied on
HT is a what fiction?
Speculative
What is the Christian right in the US?
Believed feminism was a menace to society, conservative ideas about the role of women in society
What were the SS in Hitler’s Germany?
Similar to the aunts, armed with instruments of torture, powerful and feared
Who were the Stasi in East Germany?
Like the eyes, secret police
Who was ceausescu?
Romanian president from the 60s to 80s and he control reproductive rights by banning abortion
How can you describe offred’s narrative voice
Sardonic, perceptive, confessional
How to describe a first person narrative? Must use this word!!
Homodiegtic
What is another word for mockery?
Irreverent
