Key Quotations (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Flashcards
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Aunt Lydia's 'freedom to' vs 'freedom from' technique
Aunt Lydia's 'freedom to' vs 'freedom from' technique
Doublespeak - enslavement rebranded as safety/protection
Gradual heating bathtub metaphor meaning
Gradual heating bathtub metaphor meaning
Fascism erodes rights incrementally, not all at once
Offred's 'valued' vs 'valuable' distinction
Offred's 'valued' vs 'valuable' distinction
Valued = intrinsic worth; valuable = utility/commodity value
'Nolite te bastardes carborundorum' meaning
'Nolite te bastardes carborundorum' meaning
Don't let the bastards grind you down
Serena Joy's 'women's culture' irony
Serena Joy's 'women's culture' irony
Gilead created separate women's sphere but through oppression
'Better never means better for everyone' reveals what?
'Better never means better for everyone' reveals what?
Hierarchical systems require someone to occupy the bottom
'Blank white spaces at edges of print' metaphor meaning
'Blank white spaces at edges of print' metaphor meaning
Women's experiences excluded from official historical records
Aunt Lydia: 'Ordinary is what you are used to' shows what?
Aunt Lydia: 'Ordinary is what you are used to' shows what?
Atrocities become mundane through familiarity/repetition
Offred: 'lack of sex' vs 'lack of love' distinction
Offred: 'lack of sex' vs 'lack of love' distinction
Nobody dies from lack of sex; we die from lack of love
Memory as 'reconstruction' concept in novel
Memory as 'reconstruction' concept in novel
Memory is unreliable; love feels always only approximate