Key Quotes: Historical Notes Flashcards
(9 cards)
1
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Handmaids wearing red - Waterford
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“Borrowed from… German prisoners of war”
2
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Offred - sarcasm, frustration, reconstruction
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“Goddess of History”
3
Q
State-sanctioned violence - rage, control, herd mentality
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“Particicution… a steam valve.”
4
Q
Sexism still alive + well in 2195 -_-
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“Vulgar signification of the word tail.”
“The Underground Frailroad.”
5
Q
Male Control - male lens, cassettes, androcentrism
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“ Up to Professor Wade + myself to arrange.”
6
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Perception - judgement, historians, purpose
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“Our job is not to censure but to understand.”
7
Q
Offred - frustration, elusive, Greek mythology
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“We may call Eurydice forth from the world of the dead, but we cannot make her answer.”
8
Q
Final line:
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“Any questions?”
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