THT Critics Flashcards
Coral Howell
“Atwood’s feminist concerns are plain
here but so too are her concerns for
basic human rights”
Calvacanti
the monthly ‘rape’ ceremony “synthesises the institutionalised humiliation, objectification, and ownership of women in Gilead”
Jessie Givner
“just as the rules of Gilead try to
eliminate mirrors, the reflection of
faces, so they attempt to erase
names”
Carol Beran
“Offred’s power is in language”
Atwood
“one of my rules was that I would not
put any events into the book that
had not already happened”
Lee Briscoe
“Moira is Offred’s rebel alter ego”
Paul Bell
“women are at the margins and exist
mainly as a source of frustration,
irritation and temptation”
Reshmi
“in The Handmaid’s Tale, Atwood
suggests that the society of today
where choices are too many may
lead to a totalitarian future that
prohibits choice”
Gottlieb
“the state intent is to deny the bonds of private loyalty and bring about uncritical obedience to the state”
Gulick
the Aunts “mouthpieces for the ideas of the patriarchal leaders of this society”
Freibert
“Nick serves to release Offred”
“through her friendship with Nick she even discovers satisfaction with her life”
