HMT key chapters and events Flashcards
(24 cards)
When does Offred sexually tease the young guardians?
End of chapter 4
Quotes about parallels first wave feminism/ Gilead- porn
‘Burning books’ porn magazines (7) and Lydia’s critique of porn ‘You see what things used to be like?’ (20)
Chapter with the doctor?
Beginning of 11
Blaming Janine for the rape?
Chapter 13
Consequences of Moira’s first escape attempt?
‘She could not walk for a week’.(15)
When is the ceremony?
Chapter 16
When is the birthday?
Chapter 19
Quotes about parallels first wave feminism/ Gilead- giving birth
‘Every baby a wanted baby’ (20)
Offred idealising Moira
‘Moira had power now’
‘Moira was our fantasy. We hugged her to us’
‘Moira would say’
When does Offred meet with the commander
Chapter 23
Chapter about the Nazi commander
End of chapter 24
When does Ofglen express disbelief in the regime?
End of chapter 26
Chapter about how Gilead came into being
28
Quotes about Gilead repression
‘They force you to kill, within yourself’
‘The Eyes of God run all over the earth’
‘Crawling with eyes’
When is the prayvaganza?
33
When do they go to Jezebel’s?
37 and 38
Description of Moira in Jezebel’s
‘She’s dressed absurdly’
‘She’s always hated high heels’
When is the salvaging?
42
When is the particicution
43
When does Offred get rescued?
46
How does the professor in the historical notes stray from the thoughts of the readers/ handmaids?
‘a man of considerable ingenuity’
Aunts as ‘familiar and reassuring’
When does Offred sleep with Nick?
40
When is the Wall described?
Chapter 6
Quotes relating to Offred’s narrative
‘I’d like to tell’
‘I don’t want to be telling this story’
‘By telling you anything at all I’m at least believing in you’
‘I made that up’
‘It didn’t happen that way either’.
