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.
Monday 11 October 2010
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.
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www some attempt to explore the passage using the pic n mix.
ReplyDeleteebi might have been more successful if you had quoted more directly and expanded on this using your wider knowledge of the novel.