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by Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale (1985) reveals the strange new world of Gilead. Once the United States of America, Gilead was formed by a military coup that shot the President and members of Congress, suspended the Constitution, and put a Christian Theocracy in the place of a…

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What is the setting?
Posted by johnna m #311985
Last updated by: Aslan on Mar 31, 2013 10:51 PM
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What is the importance of the ceremony in the novel of the handmiads tale and how does Atwood present it?
Posted by emily j #275193
Last updated by: emily j #275193 on Oct 15, 2012 11:05 AM
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what do the "historical notes' reveal about: a. male attitudes towards females and b. human nature
Posted by richard g #267845
Last updated by: Aslan on Sep 13, 2012 11:27 PM
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list the behaviors of the commander that reveal his hypocrisy
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Last updated by: Aslan on Sep 13, 2012 10:51 PM
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list the techniques employed by the gileadian goverment to manipulate and control its citizens
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Last updated by: Aslan on Sep 13, 2012 10:45 PM
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analyze the gileadian strategy of using women to train, control, and punish the female population
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Last updated by: Aslan on Sep 13, 2012 9:58 PM
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describe how offred,moira, and janine each cope and respond to their circumstances
Posted by richard g #267845
Last updated by: Aslan on Sep 13, 2012 9:03 PM
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what are the different titles for groups of people in the narrator's world? what is the significance to each title? is there significance to the colors they wear?
Posted by kyla j #239453
Last updated by: Aslan on Mar 26, 2012 3:05 PM
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why would offred like to be able to have a fight with luke
Posted by john d #238819
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Mar 23, 2012 12:49 AM
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Complete a chart comparing and contrasting the style in The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood and Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen -300 words
Posted by kukuc #211955
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Mar 05, 2012 6:13 PM
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Complete a chart comparing and contrasting the style in The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood and Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen -300 words
Posted by kukuc #211955
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Mar 05, 2012 6:04 PM
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what does offred do to disrupt the accepted order? when does she choose to go along with societal constraint? why?
Posted by erin o #234039
Last updated by: Aslan on Mar 01, 2012 7:26 PM
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which characters have a lot of power in the society? Which characters have a little? how do they act to express their power?
Posted by erin o #234039
Last updated by: Aslan on Mar 01, 2012 7:21 PM
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back lash in the handmaids tale
Posted by jimetta l #228783
Last updated by: Aslan on Feb 05, 2012 11:56 PM
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Why does Offred choose the Soul Scrolls store to show the development of the relationship between Ofglen and Offred?
Posted by akay N#208615
Last updated by: jimetta l #228783 on Feb 05, 2012 10:42 PM
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What is education like for women and men in Hard Times by Charles Dickens?
Posted by tiffany r #222575
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Jan 02, 2012 1:10 PM
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If women of Gilead try seek education with out anyone knowing, is it possible? And what would be the consequences?
Posted by tiffany r #222575
Last updated by: Aslan on Jan 02, 2012 12:55 PM
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What is the education like for men and women of Gilead?
Posted by tiffany r #222575
Last updated by: Aslan on Jan 02, 2012 12:07 PM
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What are the differences between our present and the future outlined in the epilogue?
Posted by akay N#208615
Last updated by: Aslan on Dec 29, 2011 12:20 PM
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Are the activities which take place in the epilogue more or less familliar to us than the details of Gileadean life?
Posted by akay N#208615
Last updated by: Aslan on Dec 29, 2011 12:13 PM
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Which details of Offred's account does Professor Pieixoto interpret incorrectly?
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How is the narrative technique in this section different from the rest of the novel?
Posted by akay N#208615
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Dec 29, 2011 11:45 AM
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What do we discover about how life in Gilead changed after Offred`s narrative ends?
Posted by akay N#208615
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Dec 29, 2011 11:41 AM
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What is gained by Offred`s story not having a definitive ending?
Posted by akay N#208615
Last updated by: Aslan on Dec 29, 2011 11:40 AM
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when is the epilogue set?
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Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Dec 29, 2011 11:06 AM
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