The Handmaid's Tale Chapter One
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- The Handmaid's Tale Chapter One
- Terms
- Sensory Images
- 'pungent scent of sweat' - Adjective
- Captures a sense of the place
- 'Basketball Nets were still in place '
- 'the music lingered' - Verb
- Captures a sense of the place
- 'Basketball Nets were still in place '
- 'the music lingered' - Verb
- 'Varnished Wood' - Verb
- Captures a sense of the place
- Captures a sense of the place
- 'pungent scent of sweat' - Adjective
- Repetition
- 'army cots' - 'army-issue blankets'
- The Regime is very controlled and monitored, with no room for rebellion
- 'army cots' - 'army-issue blankets'
- Simile
- 'we had flannel sheets, like children's'
- They don't have a choice, like a child. They have everything decided for them
- 'we had flannel sheets, like children's'
- Semantic Field
- 'daily walks'
- 'chain-linked fence topped with barbed wire'
- 'Guards'
- Sensory Images
- Characters
- 'We' - Pronoun
- Told in First Person - Don't find out her name in this chapter.
- 'Aunt Sara and Aunt Elizabeth'
- 'had electric cattle prods'
- Shows the Aunt's power and authority
- 'had electric cattle prods'
- 'Alma. Janine. Dolores. Moira. June.'
- We don't get any identity really.
- Hierarchy
- Guards. Angels. Aunts. Handmaids.
- 'We' - Pronoun
- Terms
- Sensory Images
- 'pungent scent of sweat' - Adjective
- 'Varnished Wood' - Verb
- 'pungent scent of sweat' - Adjective
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