The handmaids tale Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

A crash course on The Handmaid's Tale, designed to guide you in understanding the novel and writing a literary essay on the set work. It provides an explanation on major and minor themes, symbols & characters, and direct quotes for each theme from the book. It also includes the structure of how to write a literary essay and a breakdown of a possible essay topic, to demonstrate how to analyse and understand a topic given in an exam. The resources linked give more essay topic examples, and helpful...

This document - the stuck-in-the-mud IEB English final cheat sheet was put together by 3 top-achieving English students. This serves as a fantastic guide and tool for the IEB English final EXAM and for general info. Covering new ideas and taking into account various aspect not traditionally covered by normal study guides like the idea of colonialism and the fact that The Tempest could not be an autobiography as Emma Smith from Oxford put it - "Writers in Shakespeares time did not produce autobio...

14 PAGES OF A* GRADE 'THE HANDMAIDS TALE' CHARACTER PROFILES - AQA ENGLISH LITERATURE B ELEMENTS OF SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PROTEST - This document includes 5 character profiles for the main characters in 'The Handmaids Tale' (Offred, Serena Joy, The Commander, Aunt Lydia and Moira.) These character profiles are everything I learned about these characters which helped me to achieve an A* in my English Literature A-Level. Each document was written and used by me throughout my A-Levels, whereby I...

The Handmaids Tale - In-depth Notes, Language Analysis AO2, Context AO3, Quotes and Themes AO1

This is a short summary on important aspects which may be considered for the final English HL paper 2 exam for IEB matrics. This includes notes and quick references as well as sample essays to assist in how to write and structure your essay in the exams.

Complete revision guide for The Handmaids Tale created by an A grade student. This guide involves key chapter summary and analysis, full quote analysis (including terminology), themes, structure, context and character analysis.

NOTES ON FORM, STRUCTURE AND LANGUAGE IN 'THE HANDMAIDS TALE' WHICH I USED TO HELP ME ACHIEVE AN A* - AQA ENGLISH LITERATURE B - This document provides a brief and concise analysis of form, structure and language in 'The Handmaids Tale.' The ideas within this document can be incorporated and adapted into any essay.

A* NOTES OF HISTORICAL PARALLELS IN THE HANDMAIDS TALE - This document contains descriptions of the historical parallels in 'The Handmaids Tale' and these ideas can be incorporated into an A-Level English Literature essay in order to include context and obtain A03 marks. Margaret Atwood herself has previously stated: 'I put nothing into The Handmaids Tale that had not already been done' - this document provides an insight into where she got her ideas from and the context in which 'The Handm...

Short Essay Plan - Theme of NATURE, Frankenstein & The Handmaids Tale. Includes essay points, quote suggestions and page numbers.

Themes of The Handmaids Tale for IEB final