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Black and white colours mentioned several times (book of sexual organs)
Attention to colouring of things around her/in her environment

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Contrast between 'before' and 'after' due to the non-linear narrative.
e.g. Offred's recollection of wearing high heels when she sees the Japanese tourists

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The official language seeks to reject and repress the previous language and replace it with biblical discourse.

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Natural imagery contrasts with technical polluted Gilead

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Natural imagery contrasts with technical polluted Gilead

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represents feminine subversion in a male world

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'Still it must be hell to be a man like that.
It must be just fine.
It must be hell.
It  must be very silent'. (C15)

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“The Republic of Gilead, said Aunt Lydia, knows no bounds. Gilead is within you.”

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Maybe I'm crazy and this is come new kind of therapy. I wish it were true; then I could get better and this would go away. (C16)

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“A rat in a maze is free to go anywhere, as long as it stays inside the maze.”

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“We learned to whisper almost without sound” (p.14)

“Thinking can hurt your chances” (p. 17 )

“I am like a child here, there are some things I must not be told” (p.63)

“Blessed are the meek” (p.74)

“All you have to do, I tell myself, is keep your mouth shut and look stupid. It shouldn't be that hard. ” (p. 247 )

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Atwood wrote the novel in the 1980s shortly after the election of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. The political climate of that time was unstable, and Atwood reflects the consequences of a politically disjointed society.

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Author's Intentions

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Structure of chapters into "Night" and "Day" times

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Structure of chapters into "Night" and "Day" times

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"There is more than one kind of freedom, said Aunt Lydia. Freedom to and freedom from. In the days of anarchy, it was freedom to. Now you are being given freedom from."

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“When we think of the past it's the beautiful things we pick out. We want to believe it was all like that.”

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While in the past there was plenty of freedom to, there is also a freedom from which needs to be balanced with freedom to.

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Colour and physcial appearance define social role

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Colour and physcial appearance define social role

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"Everything except for the wings around my face is red" (Pg. 20)

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Real historical events to show that the book is a possible reality

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Real historical events to show that the book is a possible reality

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of this type of society/state in the future

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Is abortion about giving women their rights over reproduction, or taking human lives for selfish reasons?

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Ongoing debates between Pro-choice vs Pro-life

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Ongoing debates between Pro-choice vs Pro-life

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Characters defined by their body's function

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Characters defined by their body's function

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E.g. Women/fertility

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Wives jealous of Handmaids, they have something that makes them more worthy/more of a woman

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Atwood engages with the voice of the past

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Women are dehumanised and judged based on their ability to reproduce (Names 'Offred'=Of Fred)

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Then I see her..I have to look hard, again to make sure it's her. I do this in pulses, quick flickers of the eyes so no-one will notice (C37).

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Link THMT to the real word for the reader to relate

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Link THMT to the real word for the reader to relate

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Women ranked by their ability to reproduce (Wives, Handmaids, Marthas)

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Clothing (red - blood), wings (Ironic symbol of freedom), language,

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visual appearance to define social roles

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eg: to breed

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A corrupted theocracy ruled by distorted Christian values

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Clothing & expectations of behaviour denoting hierarchy, denial of liter

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Male control of reproductive rights

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Linguistic Imperialism

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/ Theocratic: fundamentally Christian/ Patriarchal

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Memory blurring reality. Present and past only (2 women represent double vision)