9. The Historical Notes Serves as a warning as the epilogue could represent the present-day reflecting on Gilead (the past) exactly the way we are Warning: the similarities of the world arent too far off Provides extra information that is not available from the perspective of a handmaid To make it clear that Gilead has […]
The Handmaid’s Tale – Surveillance
Notes from Massolit Identity —> Eye (Motifs) Surveillance in Totalitarian Regimes = God Internalise the values of the ideology – good behaviour When you don’t have full vision, you don’t have full power. Power = who can do what to whom and get away with it Sight, looking and the gaze How is power distributed […]
The Handmaid’s Tale – Chapter 13
In what ways is the control of women’s bodies reflective of the totalitarian control of the regime in Gilead? The body is often viewed as an instrument for many, but once a governmental body seeks to control it, it is so much more. Offred starts to disassociate herself with her body, viewing her body as […]
The World’s Wife by Carol Ann Duffy
The World’s Wife by Carol Ann Duffy remodels the stories of mythical and historical figures by revealing the feminine perspective. Duffy does this by writing free-verse poems through the point of view of well-known female figures that are usually overlooked in written history. She incorporates the modern woman’s idiom in order to unite timeless themes […]