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The Handmaid's Tale Contents

  • Introduction
  • Timeline
  • Images
  • Author(s)
    • Atwood, Margaret
      • Childhood and education
      • Becoming an author
      • Fame and maturity
  • Social / political context of The Handmaid's Tale
    • Political satire in The Handmaid's Tale
    • Atwood's use of actual historical events
    • Social satire in The Handmaid's Tale
  • Religious / philosophical context of The Handmaid's Tale
    • Feminism and The Handmaid's Tale
    • Religious perspectives in The Handmaid's Tale
    • Freedom to and freedom from
  • The Handmaid's Tale: Synopses and commentary
    • Interpretation and the opening epigraphs
    • Section 1: Night - Chapter one
    • Section 2: Shopping - Chapter two
    • Section 2: Shopping - Chapter three
    • Section 2: Shopping - Chapter four
    • Section 2: Shopping - Chapter five
    • Section 2: Shopping - Chapter six
    • Section 3: Night - Chapter seven
    • Section 4: Waiting room - Chapter eight
    • Section 4: Waiting room - Chapter nine
    • Section 4: Waiting room - Chapter ten
    • Section 4: Waiting room - Chapter eleven
    • Section 4: Waiting room - Chapter twelve
    • Section 5: Nap - Chapter thirteen
    • Section 6: Household - Chapter fourteen
    • Section 6: Household - Chapter fifteen
    • Section 6: Household - Chapter sixteen
    • Section 6: Household - Chapter seventeen
    • Section 7: Night - Chapter eighteen
    • Section 8: Birth Day - Chapter nineteen
    • Section 8: Birth Day - Chapter twenty
    • Section 8: Birth Day - Chapter twenty-one
    • Section 8: Birth Day - Chapter twenty-two
    • Section 8: Birth Day - Chapter twenty-three
    • Section 9: Night - Chapter twenty-four
    • Section 10: Soul scrolls - Chapter twenty-five
    • Section 10: Soul scrolls - Chapter twenty-six
    • Section 10: Soul scrolls - Chapter twenty-seven
    • Section 10: Soul scrolls - Chapter twenty-eight
    • Section 10: Soul scrolls - Chapter twenty-nine
    • Section 11: Night - Chapter thirty
    • Section 12: Jezebel's - Chapter thirty-one
    • Section 12: Jezebel's - Chapter thirty-two
    • Section 12: Jezebel's - Chapter thirty-three
    • Section 12: Jezebel's - Chapter thirty-four
    • Section 12: Jezebel's - Chapter thirty-five
    • Section 12: Jezebel's - Chapter thirty-six
    • Section 12: Jezebel's - Chapter thirty-seven
    • Section 12: Jezebel's - Chapter thirty-eight
    • Section 12: Jezebel's - Chapter thirty-nine
    • Section 13: Night - Chapter forty
    • Section 14: Salvaging - Chapter forty-one
    • Section 14: Salvaging - Chapter forty-two
    • Section 14: Salvaging - Chapter forty-three
    • Section 14: Salvaging - Chapter forty-four
    • Section 14: Salvaging - Chapter forty-five
    • Section 15: Night - Chapter forty-six
    • Historical notes
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    • Offred
    • Moira
    • Serena Joy
    • The Commander
    • Nick
    • Luke
    • Aunt Lydia
    • Offred's mother
    • Offred's child
    • The Marthas
    • Ofglen
    • Janine / Ofwarren
  • Themes and significant ideas in The Handmaid's Tale
    • Human relationships in The Handmaid's Tale
    • Mothers and children in The Handmaid's Tale
    • Individualism and identity in The Handmaid's Tale
    • Doubling in The Handmaid's Tale
    • Gender significance and feminism in The Handmaid's Tale
    • Power in The Handmaid's Tale
    • Survival in The Handmaid's Tale
    • Hypocrisy in The Handmaid's Tale
    • Myth and fairy tale in The Handmaid's Tale
    • Structure and methods of narration
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    • The garden in The Handmaid's Tale
    • Strange and horrifying imagery in The Handmaid's Tale
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The Handmaid's Tale: (a) The opening Investigate! The Handmaid's Tale: Sections 1-2
The Handmaid's Tale: (a)i The opening Investigate! The Handmaid's Tale: Sections 3-4
The Handmaid's Tale: (b) Offred Investigate! The Handmaid's Tale: Sections 5-6
The Handmaid's Tale: (c) Feminist tract? Investigate! The Handmaid's Tale: Sections 7-8
The Handmaid's Tale: (d) The role of reality in the novel Investigate! The Handmaid's Tale: Sections 9-10
The Handmaid's Tale: (e) Dystopian reality? Investigate! The Handmaid's Tale: Sections 11-12
The Handmaid's Tale: (f) The ending and its implications Investigate! The Handmaid's Tale: Sections 13-15

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