The Handmaid's Tale Flashcards
Who wrote it?
Margaret Atwood
what year?
1985
what genre is this book?
speculative fiction
what are the handmaids wearing
long red dress, long sleeves without low-neck + white bonnet w 2 wings
cover?
side profile in the shadow, refers to nights sections, no background, no time ref, not face, anyone
m caracter name?
Offred (Of Fred, can change weither the commander) , real name -> June
camera on front cover?
maybe ‘the eyes’ , Nick the driver
tale?
subjective perspective on events, point of view, real events, she will not use events that hadnt happened in history bfr
french title?
emphasizes handmaid role, red brilliant dress (écarlate)
Genre?
Ustopia, coined by M.Atwood , mix of utopia and dystopia.
In dystopias there are signs of utopia, make ppl believe this world is for their well-being
what does M.Atwood rejects?
Manichean vision of the world, either good or bad
why was this book banned in some countries
-profanity (moral values of religion)
-sexual content
-anti-christian message
-lgbtqi characters (Morra)
-offensive language
what does m.atwood raises awarness on?
social & political unrest (ppl aware of injustices, women’s rights, save the planet)
social issues(women’s rights, equal pay, abortion)
colors of statues in HTales?
red : handmaids
wives : blue
marthas : green
Aunts : brown
questions m atwood tried to answer in her novel?
if the US states were to become a totalitarianism, what kind of totalitariansm would it be?
if you were going to shove women back into home and deprive them of all these gains that they thought they had made, how would you do it?
