9.1.1

Chapters 1 & 2

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Chapter 1 - Key Quotations

Here are six key quotations from Chapter 1:

Illustrative background for <b>"...unheard sound"Illustrative background for <b>"...unheard sound" ?? "content

"...unheard sound"

  • "A palimpsest of unheard sound"
Illustrative background for <b>"...old sex..."Illustrative background for <b>"...old sex..." ?? "content

"...old sex..."

  • "There was old sex in the room and loneliness"
Illustrative background for <b>"We learned to whisper..."Illustrative background for <b>"We learned to whisper..." ?? "content

"We learned to whisper..."

  • "We learned to whisper almost without sound"
Illustrative background for <b> "Alma.Janine...."Illustrative background for <b> "Alma.Janine...." ?? "content

"Alma.Janine...."

  • "Alma.Janine.Dolores.Moira.June"

Chapter 2 - Key Quotations

Here are five key quotations from Chapter 2:

Illustrative background for <b>"They've removed anything..."Illustrative background for <b>"They've removed anything..." ?? "content

"They've removed anything..."

  • "They've removed anything you could tie a rope to"
Illustrative background for <b>"...Reduced circumstances..."Illustrative background for <b>"...Reduced circumstances..." ?? "content

"...Reduced circumstances..."

  • "For ladies in reduced circumstances. For that is what we are now. The circumstances have been reduced; for those of us who still have circumstances"
Illustrative background for <b>"...I long for it"Illustrative background for <b>"...I long for it" ?? "content

"...I long for it"

  • "How I used to despise such talk. Now I long for it
Illustrative background for <b>"I hunger..."Illustrative background for <b>"I hunger..." ?? "content

"I hunger..."

  • "I hunger to commit the act of touch"

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1Author Background

1.1Margaret Atwood

2Chapter Summaries

3Dedications & Epigraph

3.1Dedications & Epigraph

4Context

5Narrative Structure & Literary Techniques

6Themes & Imagery

7Characters

8Readings

8.1Readings of The Handmaid's Tale

9Recap: Main Quotes

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