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Handmaids Tale-Struggle for Identity
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A-Level (Year 1) (Year 1) English Language and Literature (The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood) Mind Map on Handmaids Tale-Struggle for Identity, created by Summer Pearce on 10/03/2017.
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the handmaid's tale by margaret atwood
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Handmaids Tale-Struggle for Identity
Dystopian future
Infertility
Caused by radiation poisoning
Lack of womens rights
'Walking wombs'
Treated as the Commanders property
The Ceremony-Fertilisation of the Handmaids by the Commanders
Handmaids have no choice. Essentially rape
The Handmaids are held down by the Commanders wives
The males of Gilead have all the power
Run the state-they are the only people who are still being educated
Information=power
'I would like to know what's going on'
Women are soley for breeding
'The womb is all that matters'
Hierarchy of females
Commanders Wives
Aunts
Handmaids
Unwomen (infertile)
Colours
Blue
Yellow/orange
Red
Brown
Red wings on the sides of their head
Unable to look around/be seen
Trapped within themselves-unable to talk to one another
Akin to the Virgin Mary
If women cannot breed/refuse to, they are taken to the Toxic remains of Gilead to die
Margret Atwood
1980's America
Held a lot of controvosy
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