Complete, comprehensive ready-made flashcards for Component 2 (comparative and contextual study in Dystopian literature) OCR A Level English Literature, but could alternatively be useful for any course where you study Atwood's 'The Handmaid's Tale'. All of the critics you need to gain maximum marks...
“manages to domesticate totalitarianism,
because she shows it peopled by such ordinary
figures” - Stimpson
“state becomes even more frightening, because
its monstrosity seems normal, absurdly
Oppression normal” - Stimpson
“dystopian fusion of gentleness with
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ critics militarism” - Snodgrass
“Everyone ruled by Gilead suffers the
deprivation of having no choice” - Malak
“dystopias dramatise the eternal conflict
between individual choice and social necessity”
- Stimpson
“(Offred's flashbacks offer) glimpses of a life,
though not ideal...that sharply contrasts with
Individual vs State the alienation, slavery and suffering under
totalitarianism” - Malak
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ critics “(Historical Notes are a) confirmation of
Offred's erasure from her own narrative” - Rook
“(Offred's thoughts) keep her from becoming
totally imprisoned within the system of Gilead”
- Sheckels
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