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12 Cards in this Set
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Gender Treachery |
Betrayal of your gender Homosexuality |
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The Wall |
Where the people who have been executed have been displayed for public viewing. Note: the definite article "the" makes it feel much more ominous and sinister |
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Econowife |
It's a lexical blend of economy and wife. A wife associated with the economy. Makes her appear like an object ready to buy or sell. Objectification. Role of women. |
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All Flesh |
Butchers. Flesh (a recurring motif) - makes the reader feel uncomfortable, gruesome. Biblical echo (OT) - highlights Gilead's backward views. |
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Ofglen and Ofwarren |
'Of' - possessive prefix, followed by a name 'Fred' or 'Glen' etc. Objectification Controlling of name - controlling of identity. Placebo effect. Belongings. The reader does not notice at the beginning - more shocking |
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Angel Makers |
Abortionists Biblical and holy connotations to "angels" Angels - associated with good Irony? because they are killing. Representative of Gilead - hiding the real truth behind a facade It is a euphemism |
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Salvagings |
Public executions Wordplay - Salvation and savage Salvation - save from sin. Irony - suggests survival but is killing take one letter away - Savaging Representative of the sly + sinister ways of Gilead |
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The Commander and The Commander's Wife |
'Command' - suggests power RAF, Navy Possessive - Com's Wife - the role of women - the wife is the property of the husband. Feminists have not progressed. |
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Marthas |
Household servants Martha - biblical - Lazarus's wife and friend of Jesus Cora and Rita |
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Unwomen |
A woman without viable ovaries who does not serve any useful purpose for society, and who is either sent to the Colonies or killed. Suggestive that the only purpose that women serve is to procreate - otherwise they are useless. Atwood's references towards issues that feminists are currents trying to overcome |
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The Ceremony Red Centre |
Where women (who are not barren) are trained to be Handmaid's by the Aunts. Sacred? Structured rules. Ironic. Government sanctioned rape |
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Jezebels |
The illegal nightclub for The Commanders Biblical "shameless and immoral women" Queen of Israel - no religion - makeup ironic that the Commanders have set it up. They put Gilead in place. Hypocrisy |
