HMT quotes Flashcards
(13 cards)
Tulips opening their …
… cups, spilling out colour “ chapter 3 offred
Shedding their petals …
One by one like teeth
Chapter 25
“The tulips no longer ….
Winecups… thrusting themselves up, to what end? They are after, all, empty” chapter 8
“ everyone’s human”
Commander chapter 37 Jezebels
Household : that is what we are….
… The commanders the head of the household”. Chapter 14 commander as patriarch
What does the epilogue say happens to the commander?
“Purged” despite him “considered his position above attack”
But to refuse him could be worse…
No doubt about who holds the real power” chapter 23 offred decide whether or not to go to commanders office for 1st time
Pervaded with
Indifference
Consider these things …
Idly “
Suicide end
And so I step up into the darkness within…
Or else the light
“ violation of…
… state secrets “
“If I could see Moria, just see her, know she still exists…
… It’s hard to imagine now, having a friend” female friendships prohibited in Gilead