The Handmaid’s Tale

Question 1

Contextual ideals within the handmaids

Answer 1

Margret Atwood was a Feminist, her mother was a radical feminist who took a strong stand against the exploitation of women in the 1970s, Atwood wrote The handmaids tale as a response to those who say the oppressive, totalitarian, and religious governments that have taken hold in other countries throughout the years “can’t happen here”

Question 2

Key themes in The Handmaid’s Tale

Answer 2

religion, power,conflict, class system, patriarchy, dystopia, misogyny, birth, control.Don’t need to memorise them, but try remember a few to introduce in your introduction

Question 3

How is the Theme of power presented

Answer 3

Through the usage of the Theocratic Dictatorship, that Gilead operates in, the characters, such as the Aunts and the Guards who enforce and reinforce their power to make the handmaids submit them

Question 4

“No Lite Te Bastards” what does this quote mean? and whats its significance?

Answer 4

Don’t let these bastards grind you down.