Quotes The Handmaid's Tale Flashcards
A paranoid quote by Offred about Oflgen
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“It occurd to me that she may be a spy”
Name a quote by Offred that shows the violent impact the totalitarian regime has on her.
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“They force you to kill, within yourself”
About Serena Joy
“She doesn’t make ____ anymore. She has become ___.
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Offred talks about Serena Joy:
“She doesn’t make speeches anymore. She has become speechless.
She stays in her home, but it doesn’t seem to agree with her. How furious she must be now that she has been taken at her word.”
Fill in the gaps
“____ never means ____ for everyone… It always means ____ for some”
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The Commander tells Offred
“Better never means better for everyone… It always means worse for some.”
What quote by Offred shows the indroctrination of children?
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Start them soon is the policy
This quote shows us that just like in Nazi Germany, and just like with Parson’s children is Nineteen Eighty-Four, all totalitarian regimes start with children as they are the most impressionable.
What quote shows the class difference in The Handmaid’s Tale?
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“In the houses of the Commanders, there is still real coffee.”
Aunt Lydia
“A —- in a —– is free to go anywhere, as —- as it —– —— the —–”
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“A rat in a maze is free to go anywhere, as long as it stays inside the maze.”
This quote talks about women sticking to their role inside the confinenment of societal boundies.
What does this quote mean?
“A rat in a maze is free to go anywhere, as long as it stays inside the maze.”
“A rat in a maze is free to go anywhere, as long as it stays inside the maze.”
The women are allowed to do whatever they want so long as it’s within the social confinements.
A quote that shows hardships for all women, even the ones who possess some authority.
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“don’t think it’s easy for me either, said Aunt Lydia”
A quote from the epilogue (Rachel and Leah)
“give me children, or else I die”
Quote about ignoring:
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“We lived, as usual, by ignoring. Ignoring isn’t the same as ignorance, you have to work at it”
A quote that shows the role of the Handmaid’s being presented as a duty”
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“Think of it as being in the army”
Importance of communication
(The Handmaid’s are forbidden from speaking, give a quote that shows them finding ways to talk)
“We learned to whisper without a sound”
A quote that shows the Handmaid’s being unable to escape via death
“They’ve removed anything you can tie a rope to”
A quote showing the bible justifying violence against women
“They can hit us, there’s scriptural precedent”
