red symbol Flashcards

1
Q

red appears constantly

A

colour associated with shame and ripeness and fertility

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blood

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her life force and sometimes the marker of violence and death, like the blood on the executed criminals

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3
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common use of the colour in the book

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to describe the tulips in Serena Joy’s garden

flowers are sex organs - ironic as Serena Joy is supposedly infertile

gardens rampant blooming contrasts the sterile world of Gilead

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