red symbol Flashcards
1
Q
red appears constantly
A
colour associated with shame and ripeness and fertility
2
Q
blood
A
her life force and sometimes the marker of violence and death, like the blood on the executed criminals
3
Q
common use of the colour in the book
A
to describe the tulips in Serena Joy’s garden
flowers are sex organs - ironic as Serena Joy is supposedly infertile
gardens rampant blooming contrasts the sterile world of Gilead
