Setting
What is the oppressive regime called that Offred lives under?
The Gilead
My color is red, My name is not my own
I bear children for the wealthy man. Who am I?
Offred
What is one way Atwood uses symbolism in the book?
Symbolism through color.
How does The Handmaid’s Tale Connect to There, There in regards to moral ambiguity?
Characters are morally ambiguous
Offred continues to follow the Gilead regime even though she knows it’s wrong
Characters in There, There sometimes do illegal things to help themselves, Daniel makes guns for Octavio to help his mom
What does Atwood use that creates the non-linear plot structure?
Flashbacks
What city does this novel take place and what University is it significantly tied to?
Cambridge, MA and Harvard University
I helped build the system that traps me, was once an influential person now have no true voice of my own.
Serena Joy
What is the genre of The Handmaid's Tale?
Dystopian
How does The Handmaid’s Tale connect to Medea in regards to patriarchal systems?
Medea is impacted through being hated and shunned by everyone in her life even though Jason cheated on her
Offred is forced into a life she doesn’t want, she can’t read or write and she has almost no free will
What point of view is the Handmaid's Tale?
First-person
There are three new bodies on the _____. One is a priest... The two others have purple placards hung around their necks: Gender Treachery.
Wall
I wear green, gossip, cook and clean for the household. Who am I?
The Marthas
What is the literary device used when Offred describes Serena Joy’s past vs. present situation?
Irony
What text that we read along with The Handmaid’s Tale explores ideas of women’s education, writing and expression?
Sor Juana poetry
What is every other section title labeled?
Night
There is something subversive about this _____ of Serena's, a sense of buried things bursting upwards
Garden
I present myself as loyal to Gilead, but my true role reveals the existence of resistance networks within the regime. Who am I?
Oflgen, Offreds walking partner.
What literary device does Atwood use consistently throughout the book to build up the reader’s knowledge of how the Gilead started?
Flashbacks
How does The Handmaid’s Tale connect to The Metamorphosis in regards to dehumanization?
Offred is dehumanized by the Gilead regime, only seen as a womb
Gregor is dehumanized by his family when he turns into a bug
How is the Handmaid’s Tale structured?
The Handmaid's Tale has a non-linear structure, Offred goes back and forth between the past and present of Gilead’s society.
What is the message Offred finds scratched into her closet wall in her room? (in English or Latin)
Nolite te bastardes carborundorum,
Don't let the bastards grind you down
I appear powerful and authoritative, yet my actions reveal hypocrisy and moral weakness, exposing cracks within Gilead’s leadership.
The Commander
Name an example of an allusion used in The Handmaid’s Tale.
Red riding hood
Christianity (Virgin Mary, the Bible)
What other text we read along with The Handmaid's Tale that connect to ideas of the manipulation of power and misogynistic systems?
Othello or Medea
How many different sections are there in The Handmaid's Tale?
15