Key Quotations (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Quizzes
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What does Aunt Lydia's 'freedom from' rhetoric represent in Gilead's system?
What does Aunt Lydia's 'freedom from' rhetoric represent in Gilead's system?
Doublespeak reframing oppression as protection
What does the 'gradually heating bathtub' metaphor illustrate?
What does the 'gradually heating bathtub' metaphor illustrate?
How fascism erodes rights incrementally
What distinction does Offred make between being 'valued' and being 'valuable'?
What distinction does Offred make between being 'valued' and being 'valuable'?
Intrinsic worth vs. utilitarian calculation
What does 'Nolite te bastardes carborundorum' mean?
What does 'Nolite te bastardes carborundorum' mean?
Don't let the bastards grind you down
What was Serena Joy before Gilead was established?
What was Serena Joy before Gilead was established?
A former anti-feminist activist
Whose concept does Aunt Lydia's 'ordinary is what you are used to' echo?
Whose concept does Aunt Lydia's 'ordinary is what you are used to' echo?
Hannah Arendt's 'banality of evil'
What does Offred's 'blank white spaces at edges of print' metaphor describe?
What does Offred's 'blank white spaces at edges of print' metaphor describe?
Women excluded from historical records
'Better never means better for everyone' exposes what about hierarchical systems?
'Better never means better for everyone' exposes what about hierarchical systems?
They operate on zero-sum principles
Why does Offred frame her experience as 'a story I'm telling'?
Why does Offred frame her experience as 'a story I'm telling'?
To claim narrative control and resist despair
Why is considering who is speaking important when analysing quotations?
Why is considering who is speaking important when analysing quotations?
Power dynamics shape meaning profoundly