at night ,
when she's alone ,
she allows herself to escape into her Offred's narrative of the present is frequently
7 [s]omewhere interrupted by her memories of the past both
memories ;She wants to
'go [ ...
good' ,
I
of life before Gilead + during her training as a
7
Handmaid at the Red Centre.
the role of
memory plays in our sense
self ,
our ideas ab truth
.
+ our
ability to
[ Offred's memories of her life before the regime
survive are explored in detail seized power often focus on
freedom she
>
experienced ,
how she had a family job
, ,
+
Reliability + Reconstruction : seemed financially indep
.
Memory
Memory isn't always reliable :
they 'fade? L
At several points in the narrative , Offred admits she can't Seems clear from her memories that the
remember' something ,
+admits she's 'forgetting too much' ; period at the Red Centre was used to prepare
Offred also believes that in the
process of reconstructing v
the women for service as handmaids
memones ,
she's added things/altered them the tale from her (Aunts worked hard to present an altered
vision of the past that would , from the regime's
Freedom +
escape :
perspective perhaps
,
justify their current actions)
Offred's memories perhaps make
W
~
present more diff , as she cannot help but compare present to the The past + the present
relative freedom of the past ; they also seem to provide an escape for her + it's Seems past cannot be wholly separated from the .
present
perhaps the only escape she's permitted
. W. such parameters in place ,
it seems
only Offred's memories of her own time at school , perhaps combo
. W .
her knowledge
place she can
'go' is her own mind-i . thinks of happier memories ,
like time spent w .
Moira of what schools were like , seem to influence how she perceives the .
present
, In Gilead ,
the regime is concerned w . the control
of those under its
power ,
there are taws
governing almost every aspect of Gileadean
While the Handmaids are life from sexuality
,
+ sexual relations to speech ,
movement ,
religion,
T
considered a 'national resource ' profession, education + even wardrobe
it seems they're powerless +
may
be abused by other w. more power. - these laws appear to be
enforced swiftly +
brutally :
transgression seems to result in death if the bodies on the Wall
are to be taken as in indication ;Offred observes that the ppl
Bodies of performing
Property w . slave names :
~ who are killed have been accused abortions
,
another method of diminishing objectifying the+ Handmaids homosexuality , or belonging to a diff religion/sect.
is
forcing them to give up their names + instead assume the
-
possessive of 'followed by the name of the Commander to Bodies are controlled ,
+ bodies are punished , + dead bodies
W
whom they're assigned -
in this
way Handmaids appear to be are used as deterrents
property of that Commander ,
which allows the Wives to treat
the Handmaids as . 1st
such eg :
day of her posting Offred notes ~ Commodities :
walking wombs
Wives 'hitus' . ~ the clearest indication
that the can
of control is experienced by the Handmaids who are
seems that when these woman
treated as commodities , given that they are 'national resource[s]
are perceived as a commodity they also
,
W .
tattooes that perhaps serves a similar purpose to a brand on
lose their autonomy in that their diet
,
by Gilead
.
,
an animal , demonstrating these women are owned
movement , procreation choices + associations
w . others are all controlled .
when she's alone ,
she allows herself to escape into her Offred's narrative of the present is frequently
7 [s]omewhere interrupted by her memories of the past both
memories ;She wants to
'go [ ...
good' ,
I
of life before Gilead + during her training as a
7
Handmaid at the Red Centre.
the role of
memory plays in our sense
self ,
our ideas ab truth
.
+ our
ability to
[ Offred's memories of her life before the regime
survive are explored in detail seized power often focus on
freedom she
>
experienced ,
how she had a family job
, ,
+
Reliability + Reconstruction : seemed financially indep
.
Memory
Memory isn't always reliable :
they 'fade? L
At several points in the narrative , Offred admits she can't Seems clear from her memories that the
remember' something ,
+admits she's 'forgetting too much' ; period at the Red Centre was used to prepare
Offred also believes that in the
process of reconstructing v
the women for service as handmaids
memones ,
she's added things/altered them the tale from her (Aunts worked hard to present an altered
vision of the past that would , from the regime's
Freedom +
escape :
perspective perhaps
,
justify their current actions)
Offred's memories perhaps make
W
~
present more diff , as she cannot help but compare present to the The past + the present
relative freedom of the past ; they also seem to provide an escape for her + it's Seems past cannot be wholly separated from the .
present
perhaps the only escape she's permitted
. W. such parameters in place ,
it seems
only Offred's memories of her own time at school , perhaps combo
. W .
her knowledge
place she can
'go' is her own mind-i . thinks of happier memories ,
like time spent w .
Moira of what schools were like , seem to influence how she perceives the .
present
, In Gilead ,
the regime is concerned w . the control
of those under its
power ,
there are taws
governing almost every aspect of Gileadean
While the Handmaids are life from sexuality
,
+ sexual relations to speech ,
movement ,
religion,
T
considered a 'national resource ' profession, education + even wardrobe
it seems they're powerless +
may
be abused by other w. more power. - these laws appear to be
enforced swiftly +
brutally :
transgression seems to result in death if the bodies on the Wall
are to be taken as in indication ;Offred observes that the ppl
Bodies of performing
Property w . slave names :
~ who are killed have been accused abortions
,
another method of diminishing objectifying the+ Handmaids homosexuality , or belonging to a diff religion/sect.
is
forcing them to give up their names + instead assume the
-
possessive of 'followed by the name of the Commander to Bodies are controlled ,
+ bodies are punished , + dead bodies
W
whom they're assigned -
in this
way Handmaids appear to be are used as deterrents
property of that Commander ,
which allows the Wives to treat
the Handmaids as . 1st
such eg :
day of her posting Offred notes ~ Commodities :
walking wombs
Wives 'hitus' . ~ the clearest indication
that the can
of control is experienced by the Handmaids who are
seems that when these woman
treated as commodities , given that they are 'national resource[s]
are perceived as a commodity they also
,
W .
tattooes that perhaps serves a similar purpose to a brand on
lose their autonomy in that their diet
,
by Gilead
.
,
an animal , demonstrating these women are owned
movement , procreation choices + associations
w . others are all controlled .
