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Question 1

Commander quote which highlights he’s the most powerful

Answer 1

‘Commander is the head of the household’ ch14

Question 2

Wives presented as having great power and influence

Answer 2

‘The transgressions of women in the household are under the jurisdiction of the wives’ Ch26

Question 3

‘Allowed to read and write’

Answer 3

Aunts have some status due to enforcing Gilead’s rules, rewarded

Question 4

‘Position of honour’ Ch3

Answer 4

Enforce opression onto Handmaids by making them responsible for the survival of the human race.

Question 5

‘Reclassification as unwoman’ Ch23

Answer 5

Handmaids have no freedom and are constantly under threat

Question 6

Unwoman seen as inhumanly

Answer 6

Compared to ‘garbage’ Ch33

Question 7

‘Eventually sent to colonies’

Answer 7

Presents jezebels being discarded from society eventually as they are woman forced to be sex workers.

Question 8

Liberal feminism

Answer 8

Mainstream focus on legal and political reform to achieve equality.

Question 9

Radical feminism

Answer 9

All races, class and sexuality’s are considered.
Male supremacy eliminated.

Question 10

Who represents radical feminism?

Answer 10

Moira
Offred’s mother

Question 11

‘Two legged wombs’ Technique

Answer 11

Synecdoche as womb represents the whole woman.

Question 12

‘Two legged wombs’ Meaning

Answer 12

Implies not seen as people but as sacred vessels for reproduction.

Question 13

‘She does not make speeches any more, she’s speechless’ Technique

Answer 13

Irony

Question 14

‘She does not make speeches any more, she’s speechless’ Who is Atwood criticising here?

Answer 14

Conservative woman

Question 15

‘She does not make speeches any more, she’s speechless’ Meaning

Answer 15

Hypocrisy as she protested for woman to have traditional roles however now is in spite of it.

Question 16

A quote which signifies that hierarchy pits women against eachother in Gilead

Answer 16

‘All envy eachother something’ Ch8

Question 17

‘Mirage, fading before their eyes’

Answer 17

metaphor implies Offred is an illusion as she loses her family she loses herself.

Question 18

‘I want to be held and told my real name’

Answer 18

Offred connects her name too value, a value which Gilead has stripped away from her.

Question 19

‘Congealed around a central object’

Answer 19

Her identity in Gilead is shaped around her womb.

Question 20

‘Let them bleed’ Meaning

Answer 20

Representing abortions
In handmaids all bodily autonomy rights are gone.

Question 21

‘Let them bleed’ Context

Answer 21

1973 supreme court gave legal right to abortion, created riots.

Question 22

Moira no longer has her ‘heroism’

Answer 22

Gilead is able to break her down and she is left to resign to her fate.

Question 23

‘I wish the story were different’

Answer 23

Offred ends wishing she has been more active and not submissive.

Question 24

Handmaids Biblical Allusion Quote

Answer 24

‘Give me children or else I’ll die’

Question 25

'Blessed be the fruit' Religious context

Answer 25

Elizabeth says this to Mary when she's pregnant with Jesus.

Question 26

'Blessed be the fruit' Handmaids Tale

Answer 26

Only value is their ability to give birth.

Question 27

'Under his eye' Religious context

Answer 27

How God is always watching

Question 28

'Under his eye' Handmaids Tale

Answer 28

Shows how handmaids are under constant surveillance as fear of punishment is one of Gilead's methods of control.

Question 29

'Commander could give me away so easily'

Answer 29

Commander's power dictates Offred's survival.

Question 30

'I would like to steal something to make me feel like I had power'

Answer 30

By stealing something she'd be able to reclaim her autonomy stolen from the ceremony.

Question 31

'Moira was like an elevator with open sides'

Answer 31

Moira gives power and hope to the handmaids through her escape.

Question 32

'I rub the butter over my face'

Answer 32

By performing this ritual Offred feels like a individual.