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The Handmaid's Tale

Published on Nov 19, 2015

Lecturette on the Historical Notes in Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale

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The Handmaid's Tale

Historical Notes
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Key Features

  • Structure
  • Narrative voice
  • Context
  • Literary techniques
  • Location
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Structure

  • Lecture transcript
  • Significant time gap
  • Ambiguous ending
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Narrative voice

  • Multiple speakers
  • Native American
  • Academic language
  • Anthropological viewpoint
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Context

  • Time passed - 200 years
  • Causes of Gilead's rise
  • How Offred became Handmaid
  • Historical references
  • Shift in balance of power
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Literary techniques

  • Allusion
  • Satire
  • Irony
  • Tone
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Location

  • End of novel
  • Implies end of Gilead
  • Resolution?
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