resistance + rebellion Flashcards
“We learned to ________ almost without ______… we exchanged names: _____. Janine._______. Moira.____.”
“We learned to whisper almost without sound… we exchanged names: Alma. Janine. Dolores. Moira. June.”
Even naming one another is an act of rebellion—handmaids refuse the erasure of their identities
“I ____ my head and close my eyes… I pray silently: Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.”
“I bow my head and close my eyes… I pray silently: Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.”
Offred discovers the Latin scrawl—“Don’t let the bastards grind you down”—and carries it in her mind as a private motto of resistance.
The _____ is mine, my own _____, to do with as I will, as long as I am
______. As long as I don’t ______. As long as I lie still
The night is mine, my own time, to do with as I will, as long as I am
quiet. As long as I don’t move. As long as I lie still
In the enforced quiet of “Night,” Offred reclaims her inner life, mentally slipping the chains of Gilead’s schedule
“Pen is _____… I ____ the Commander his pen… I let him ____ the second [round of Scrabble]: I still haven’t discovered what… I will be able to ask for in ________.”
“Pen is envy… I envy the Commander his pen… I let him win the second [round of Scrabble]: I still haven’t discovered what… I will be able to ask for in exchange.”
Each word Offred places on the board is a small victory—language itself becomes a currency of covert power.
“There are a number of things I ______ do. I could set ____ to the house
“There are a number of things I could do. I could set fire to the house
Even Offred’s fantasies of arson are a testament to the desperate urge to disrupt the regime.
moira was our ______…. she was ____ beneath the _____ of daily life
moira was our fantasy…. she was lava beneath the crust of daily life
mythic figure of rebellion, representing hope, courage, rage
“_______? I whisper.”
“Is that ____?” she says.
“It makes me feel ______, that Moira is here.”
“moira? I whisper.”
“Is that you?” she says.
“It makes me feel safer, that moira is here.”
In furtive wash‑room meetings, Offred and Moira confirm that even in the heart of Gilead, secret bonds endure.
i would like to _______ this is a story im ________
believe
telling
storytelling = control. If its a story she owns it, passive rebellion, she cant rebell physically so emotionally
NARATION is sole form of autonomy
i try not to think too much. thinking can hurt your feelings, and i intend to last
i try not to think too much. thinking can hurt your feelings, and i intend to last
but a chair, _____ , flowers: these are not to be _____ . I am alive, I ____ I _____
but a chair, sunlight, flowers: these are not to be dismissed. I am alive, I live I breathe
the _____ of the room- not my _____ , I refuse to say __- is not locked
the door of the room- not my room, I refuse to say my- is not locked
“Just to catch sight of a ____ that is an encouragement.”
“Just to catch sight of a face that is an encouragement.”
➡️ Small acts of solidarity as rebellion. In protest writing, even tiny mutual recognition moments build hope against tyranny.
“But the night is my ____ out. Where should I go?”
“But the night is my time out. Where should I go?”
➡️ Night represents imagined freedom; temporal rebellion. Protest genre uses night/darkness imagery to represent subversive spaces.
