key quotes/themes

Question 1

IDENTITY
HMT, Chapter 1: “With the _______, and _____ to _____”

Answer 1

“with the unwomen, and starve to death”
- shows how the Gileadean regime dehumanises women with the use of the negative prefix ‘un’

Question 2

IDENTITY
HMT, Chapter 1: “alma, janine, dolores, moira, june”

Answer 2

• we gain an insight into who the women of Gilead were before their identities were stripped.
• atwood intentionally keeps the name of the narrator ambiguous so the novel discusses the rights of ALL women, not just one.

Question 3

IDENTITY
HMT, Chapter 2: “….not my room, i ______ to say __”

Answer 3

“not my room, i refuse to say my”
- form of rejection/rebellion

Question 4

IDENTITY
HMT, Chapter 7: “the _____ is ____”

Answer 4

“the night is mine”
- offred uses the nighttime to explore her personal memories to hold onto her past self.

Question 5

IDENTITY
HMT, Chapter 12: “merely __ ____ lift off the _____ ____ _____, merely to feel my own ____”

Answer 5

“merely to feel lift off the heavy white wings, merely to feel my own hair”
- sense of her being fully owned by the state, demonstrating the lack of power she has.