The Handmaids Tale

Question 1

What did Howell say?

Answer 1

‘Choice of a female narrator turns the traditionally masculine dystopian genre upside down’

Question 2

‘Offred’s failed escape with her husband and baby described as ‘one central traumatic moment’ Who said this?

Answer 2

Howell

Question 3

What did Petterson say about Offred?

Answer 3

Offred is a rather weak person.

Question 4

‘New form misogyny women’s hatred of women’ Who said this?

Answer 4

Callaway

Question 5

What did Reshmi say?

Answer 5

‘A woman’s body is segmented and her value is determined on the basis of her reproductive capability.’

Question 6

‘Moira is offered’s rebel alter ego’ Who said this?

Answer 6

Briscoe

Question 7

‘Handmaids stand as a symbol of the proletariat subjugated by the bourgeoise to the point of slavery’ What ideas does this express?

Answer 7

Marxist views

Question 8

‘Handmaids stand as a symbol of the proletariat subjugated by the bourgeoise to the point of slavery’ Who said it?

Answer 8

THT through the lens of Marxism