The Handmaids Tale Flashcards
1
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AO5: Carol Beran
A
“Offred’s power is in language”
2
Q
AO5: Stokwisz
A
“language is the main instrument of ideological and social control”
3
Q
AO5: Greenwood
A
“Offred’s narrative is revealed to have been undertaken by men”
(feminist perspective)
4
Q
AO5: Margaret Atwood
A
“The Handmaids Tale is a slight twist of the society we have now”
5
Q
AO5: Howells
A
“Gilead is a totalitarian regime run on Patriarchal lines from the old testament”
6
Q
AO5: Greene
A
“The Handmaid’s Tale offers a horrific vision of things to come…”
