Handmaids tale Flashcards
1
Q
Rebelling against regime
A
And so I step up, into the darkness within; or else the light
2
Q
Author quote not in book
A
The tension between her lack of control and her attempt to suppress it is horrible. It’s like a fart in church
3
Q
Internal Conflict resistance
A
I try not to think too much. Like other things now, thought must be rationed
4
Q
Power
A
I enjoy the power; power of a dog bone, passive but there
5
Q
Building up of tension
A
Nothing changes instantaneously: in a gradually heating bathtub you’d be boiled to death before you knew it.
6
Q
Objectification
A
Maybe he even likes it. We are not each other’s, anymore. Instead, I am his
6
Q
Love vs sex
A
But this is wrong, nobody dies from lack of sex. It’s lack of love we die from
