The Handmaid's Tale Quote Bank with A* detailed analysis
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Course
The Handmaid\'s Tale
Institution
AQA
This quote bank includes all quotes needed for The Handmaid's Tale. It includes A* detailed analysis, focusing on themes, language, and characters to help secure a top grade in English literature.
Nick: “he too is illegal […] we’re mirrors” Establishes them as symmetrical; Nick is a
potential ally; conspiracy
‘Unmoving’ Conceal her amusement
“There will always be alliances” Inevitability of conspiracy and, hopefully,
rebellion; hope
“To demonstrate how obedient and pious we Active rejection of how the regime wants the
are” vs “Head for the back” Handmaids to act/behave, contrasted with
rebellion right under their nose
“Barbed wire”, “patrolled” and “cattle prods” Imprisonment semantic field, establishes
regime’s control
‘Forbidden’ Anaphora, contrasts past with today, repetition
of ‘now’.
(Wings around face) “To keep us from seeing” Government censorship even expressed in
clothing
’I let him win the second’ Conscious of hierarchy
“Went to the doctor” vs “was taken” Recognizes distinction between active and
passive verbs; body
“Everyone’s on the take” Everyone looks out for themselves in this
regime
“Bland” food and “no alcohol” for Offred vs Different treatment for those at the bottom
“wine glasses with wine in” for Commander and those at the top of the social hierarchy
and Serena
“The army cots that had been set up in rows Deliberate isolationism of the regime;
with spaces between so we could not talk” recognition of power in numbers;
dehumanising; controlling
Commander = “fucking the lower part of my Body is passive; detachment and isolation from
body […] one detaches oneself” her own body help her to cope; her mind,
however, is actively defiant/astute
“Shorn of her name” Loss of identity represented by new patronym
(e.g. Ofwarren)
"We still had our bodies. That was our fantasy" - Acceptance and subversion
Offred
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