Opposing opinions

Question 1

First comparison

Answer 1

Loud women given a voice. In Gilead women have no voice.

Question 2

‘she could roar’ Technique

Answer 2

onomatopoeia and metaphor

Question 3

‘she could roar’ meaning

Answer 3

Implies she’s powerful compared to a strong and fierce animal

Question 4

‘Yawn like thunder’ Technique

Answer 4

Simile and juxtaposition

Question 5

‘Yawn like thunder’ meaning

Answer 5

Yawn conveys boredom and juxtaposes with thunder which signifies power. Unusual dynamic of a woman with force.

Question 6

What did Groskop say?

Answer 6

‘There is still something uncomfortable about a women being loud’

Question 7

‘There is still something uncomfortable about a women being loud’ How does this link too my point?

Answer 7

Unusual contrasts made to demonstrate the women’s loud voice depicts that it is unusual.

Question 8

‘She does not make any speeches anymore, she’s speechless’ Technique

Answer 8

Repetition of speech

Question 9

What’s the effect of the repetition of speech?

Answer 9

Emphasis on how she has been deducted the freedom of speech.

Question 10

‘She does not make any speeches anymore, she’s speechless’ Meaning

Answer 10

Even a considerably high class woman is silenced in Gilead.

Question 11

What quote suggests that Serena Joy is high class?

Answer 11

‘Women in the household are under the jurisdiction of’

Question 12

Why is this ironic?

Answer 12

Ironic as Serena Joy previously protested for women to have traditional roles.

Question 13

Who is Duffy criticising?

Answer 13

Criticising conservative women who despite their limited lifestyles dismissed the introduction of feminism in the 1980’s.

Question 14

‘Dress with a shawl, with a hat.’ Technique

Answer 14

Asyndeton

Question 15

‘Dress with a shawl, with a hat.’ Meaning

Answer 15

Demonstrates women’s desire to hide her map and identity with clothes and superficial items.

Question 16

‘Sponged, soaped, scrubbed.’ Technique

Answer 16

Sibilance

Question 17

What’s the effect of the sibilance?

Answer 17

Unnerving soft s contrasts with plosives creates a violent and harsh image.

Question 18

‘Sponged, soaped, scrubbed.’ Meaning

Answer 18

Strong desire to remove past becoming a fixation.

Question 19

‘Mirage fading before my eyes’ Technique

Answer 19

Metaphor

Question 20

‘Mirage fading before my eyes’ Meaning

Answer 20

implies Offred is transforming Into an illusion as she loses her family she loses herself.

Question 21

Another quote which shows Offred wants to cling on to the past?

Answer 21

‘They slip away from me Ghosts at daybreak.’

Question 22

What did stilman say?

Answer 22

‘Memories allow Offred to recall a sense of herself.’

Question 23

Second comparison

Answer 23

Map women wants to run away from her past whereas Offred wants to cling to the past.

Question 24

Literary theory

Answer 24

Like Orwell and Huxley, Atwood uses a totalitarian society which conceals the past to prevent citizens from rebelling.