https://padlet.com/minniear_hannah/67i8r8gle4rr The importance of gender en-us 2019-02-19 01:15:52 UTC 2019-02-26 05:19:33 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Apple.png minniear_hannah https://padlet.com/minniear_hannah/67i8r8gle4rr/wish/332506185 2019-02-19 01:26:51 UTC https://padlet.com/minniear_hannah/67i8r8gle4rr/wish/332506185 minniear_hannah https://padlet.com/minniear_hannah/67i8r8gle4rr/wish/332506384  At Mrs. Alderman Parkinson’s home, Grace and Mary are only allowed one candle a week; Mary steals candle-ends from the dining room because one candle a week “was less light than she wanted to have.” This shows that not allowing women to own things is a way for the men in the upper class to keep women in a subordinate position ]]> 2019-02-19 01:27:46 UTC https://padlet.com/minniear_hannah/67i8r8gle4rr/wish/332506384 minniear_hannah https://padlet.com/minniear_hannah/67i8r8gle4rr/wish/332507640  Atwood purposefully shows that there are mostly male forces attempting to strip her possessions from her. Through Dr. Jordan, Atwood shows how the society at this time has taught men to feel entitled to women’s bodies, both on a personal and a professional level.]]> 2019-02-19 01:33:52 UTC https://padlet.com/minniear_hannah/67i8r8gle4rr/wish/332507640 minniear_hannah https://padlet.com/minniear_hannah/67i8r8gle4rr/wish/332508000 “She wishes to be seduced, overwhelmed, taken against her will.”  This is what Jordan has to say about his affair.]]> 2019-02-19 01:35:33 UTC https://padlet.com/minniear_hannah/67i8r8gle4rr/wish/332508000 minniear_hannah https://padlet.com/minniear_hannah/67i8r8gle4rr/wish/332509171 Grace reflects on the many different characterizations of her that have appeared in print. She has been described as “an inhuman female demon,” “an innocent victim of a blackguard,” “a good girl with a pliable nature,” and “little better than an idiot".]]> 2019-02-19 01:39:40 UTC https://padlet.com/minniear_hannah/67i8r8gle4rr/wish/332509171 minniear_hannah https://padlet.com/minniear_hannah/67i8r8gle4rr/wish/332509770 2019-02-19 01:42:14 UTC https://padlet.com/minniear_hannah/67i8r8gle4rr/wish/332509770 minniear_hannah https://padlet.com/minniear_hannah/67i8r8gle4rr/wish/332509917 Grace explains to Dr. Jordan that she always locks her door because “Once you are found with a man in your room you are the guilty one, no matter how they get in.”]]> 2019-02-19 01:42:55 UTC https://padlet.com/minniear_hannah/67i8r8gle4rr/wish/332509917 minniear_hannah https://padlet.com/minniear_hannah/67i8r8gle4rr/wish/332510468 Mr. Kinnear tells Grace not to sit in the back of the wagon “like a piece of luggage” ]]> 2019-02-19 01:45:14 UTC https://padlet.com/minniear_hannah/67i8r8gle4rr/wish/332510468 minniear_hannah https://padlet.com/minniear_hannah/67i8r8gle4rr/wish/332510663 The guards who always harass Grace when they escort her from the prison to the Governor’s house taunt her with insults like “you’re ripe enough to be picked, why stay on the tree untasted, you’ll just fall off and rot at the foot of it in any case.”]]> 2019-02-19 01:46:08 UTC https://padlet.com/minniear_hannah/67i8r8gle4rr/wish/332510663 minniear_hannah https://padlet.com/minniear_hannah/67i8r8gle4rr/wish/332510855 A housekeeper mentions about Mary Whitney that  “There is no sense in crying over spilled milk,” as if Mary herself, covered in blood on the bed, is the milk.]]> 2019-02-19 01:47:02 UTC https://padlet.com/minniear_hannah/67i8r8gle4rr/wish/332510855 minniear_hannah https://padlet.com/minniear_hannah/67i8r8gle4rr/wish/332511745 This shows that to understand women categorically robs them of their dignity and their right to have complicated identities.]]> 2019-02-19 01:50:59 UTC https://padlet.com/minniear_hannah/67i8r8gle4rr/wish/332511745 minniear_hannah https://padlet.com/minniear_hannah/67i8r8gle4rr/wish/332512733 This shows that in this era women were deprived of their right to explore their sexuality, which is an important part of a person’s identity]]> 2019-02-19 01:54:38 UTC https://padlet.com/minniear_hannah/67i8r8gle4rr/wish/332512733 minniear_hannah https://padlet.com/minniear_hannah/67i8r8gle4rr/wish/332513222 Grace is sexually assaulted by prison guards as well as medical doctors in the asylum, and she fights off McDermott when he attempts to rape her.]]> 2019-02-19 01:56:19 UTC https://padlet.com/minniear_hannah/67i8r8gle4rr/wish/332513222 minniear_hannah https://padlet.com/minniear_hannah/67i8r8gle4rr/wish/332513645 This shows that violence against women is normal at this time and it is being fed by the concept of women as objects rather than people with their own sexual desires.]]> 2019-02-19 01:58:13 UTC https://padlet.com/minniear_hannah/67i8r8gle4rr/wish/332513645 minniear_hannah https://padlet.com/minniear_hannah/67i8r8gle4rr/wish/332536828 2019-02-19 04:03:33 UTC https://padlet.com/minniear_hannah/67i8r8gle4rr/wish/332536828 minniear_hannah https://padlet.com/minniear_hannah/67i8r8gle4rr/wish/332537391 2019-02-19 04:06:41 UTC https://padlet.com/minniear_hannah/67i8r8gle4rr/wish/332537391 minniear_hannah https://padlet.com/minniear_hannah/67i8r8gle4rr/wish/332537891 2019-02-19 04:09:24 UTC https://padlet.com/minniear_hannah/67i8r8gle4rr/wish/332537891 minniear_hannah https://padlet.com/minniear_hannah/67i8r8gle4rr/wish/332538122 2019-02-19 04:11:04 UTC https://padlet.com/minniear_hannah/67i8r8gle4rr/wish/332538122 minniear_hannah https://padlet.com/minniear_hannah/67i8r8gle4rr/wish/332538528 2019-02-19 04:13:44 UTC https://padlet.com/minniear_hannah/67i8r8gle4rr/wish/332538528 minniear_hannah https://padlet.com/minniear_hannah/67i8r8gle4rr/wish/332539203 2019-02-19 04:17:31 UTC https://padlet.com/minniear_hannah/67i8r8gle4rr/wish/332539203 minniear_hannah https://padlet.com/minniear_hannah/67i8r8gle4rr/wish/332540240 2019-02-19 04:23:10 UTC https://padlet.com/minniear_hannah/67i8r8gle4rr/wish/332540240 minniear_hannah https://padlet.com/minniear_hannah/67i8r8gle4rr/wish/332542177 2019-02-19 04:35:17 UTC https://padlet.com/minniear_hannah/67i8r8gle4rr/wish/332542177 minniear_hannah https://padlet.com/minniear_hannah/67i8r8gle4rr/wish/332542657 Gender plays a significant role throughout the novel, as well as it being an important theme. The gender roles in the society in this time period give insight into the power struggle between Grace and the men she comes in contact with each day. She knows what is expected of her but is willing to challenge that in order to keep herself safe.]]> 2019-02-19 04:38:45 UTC https://padlet.com/minniear_hannah/67i8r8gle4rr/wish/332542657