serena joy Flashcards
knits scarves
shows her desire to create and protect
speeches on TV
used to give speeches about how women should be staying at home to be housewives
plants
she destroys their fertility, making them useless to pass on genes, so they will be more beautiful
Offred and the Tulips are linked through colour- its almost as if she’s attacking Offred
the flowers describe Serena’s role- to be beautiful for her husband, not to bear children
hatred for Offred
the regime has caused Offred and Serena to hate each other, rather than hating the system itself
she doesn’t just hate the sexual relationship, but the personal one too- Gilead has transformed such things into criminal and shameful things
her rebellion
“a woman who might break the rules” as she’s smoking black market cigarettes
