1.) Why are women categorized as aunts, handmaids, and wives? How do they get picked to be one of the following?
2.) Does Aunt Lydia represent the archetype of a mentor?
3.) Why is there forced dialogue between the people of Gilead?
4.) Does the fact that Gilead is put in the Boston area have any significance to the novel?
5.) Is violence against women a motif? If so, what is the author’s purpose of doing so?
6.) Why does Offred refer to boredom as erotic?
7. ) What significance does the ceremony play in the relationship between Offred and the Commander?
8.). Why is the bible kept locked up through out the novel?
9.). Why does Offred continuously use the line “Illegitimi non carborundum?”
10. Why aren’t the flashbacks that Offred has in chronological order? What are their significance?
2.) Does Aunt Lydia represent the archetype of a mentor?
3.) Why is there forced dialogue between the people of Gilead?
4.) Does the fact that Gilead is put in the Boston area have any significance to the novel?
5.) Is violence against women a motif? If so, what is the author’s purpose of doing so?
6.) Why does Offred refer to boredom as erotic?
7. ) What significance does the ceremony play in the relationship between Offred and the Commander?
8.). Why is the bible kept locked up through out the novel?
9.). Why does Offred continuously use the line “Illegitimi non carborundum?”
10. Why aren’t the flashbacks that Offred has in chronological order? What are their significance?