Research

The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir:
The Second Sex is one of the best known works of the French existentialist. It is a work on the treatment of women throughout history and often regarded as a major work of feminist literature. In this she argues that women throughout history have been defined as the "other" sex, an aberration from the "normal" male sex. She wrote that she was a woman but she relised that she needed to define what a woman is, which is what became the intent of the book.

The Female Eunuch by Germaine Greer:
The book is a feminist analysis, it was the key text of the feminist movement in the 1970s, discussed or criticized by other feminists and wider community. In the titled "soul", Love and Hate the author examins the historical definitions of women's perception of self.

The Handmaids Tale

In the sentence from the beginning of chapter 18, the structure of the sentence have been separated into short sentences which show the character's feelings, what she is feeling at the time depends on the short sentence used and the feeling of depression she feels after having sex with the commander also the situation she might be in.

The use of verb used as noun has been used when she says, "I feel like the word shatter", Offred uses the verb shatter as noun in her sentence because that might be the best way of describing how she feels at that moment and the lonliness she feels building up as she sits alone on the bed and because its forbidden to talk unless told to speak or asked a question. The word shatter is a powerful verb used when a something breaks, so she might be feeling that way.

Booklet Section-1- Night

Task 1:
List the questions:
1. Who is speaking? 2. Who are Aunt Lydia and Aunt Elizebeth? 3. Who are the angles?
4. Why are they in a gymnasium?

Sugest why 'a palimpsest..." is a well chosen metaphor in this chapter and , in general, is applicable to the whole text.
A palimpsest is a well chosen metaphor in this chapter and in general. The reason why Atwood has chosen this word is because Offred is talking about the things that went on in the gymnasium in the past, so to use this word, it describes that you can;t hear the piece of writing, but it is still there.