the handmaids tale overview
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- Created on: 22-01-18 21:53
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- The Handmaids Tale
- Context
- Feminism: many movements had occurred including available birth control
- Social Darwinism and Biopower: the weak are selected to be left behind
- Characters
- Offred: tragic victim of the novel that is the narrator
- Moira: a symbol of hope and rebellion
- Serena Joy: CommandersWife that was famous in the time before
- Nick: establishes secret with Offred to get her pregnant
- The Commander: put many of the laws of Gilead in place
- Janine: represents the perfect handmaid
- Themes
- Science: shunned yet biology is one of the most important things in Gilead
- Society: segregated and isolated everyone in some way
- Women: treated unfairly and represent waves of feminism
- Gender Roles: biological determines place in society
- Quotes
- 'Better does not mean better for everyone, it always means worse for some.' - Commander
- 'Don't let the bastards grind you down.'
- 'You have been given freedom from. Don't underrate it.'
- 'You can help how you feel, but you can help how you behave,'
- Narrative Methods
- Analepsis: flashback
- Metafiction: a story within a story
- Homodigetic author: 1st person
- Context
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