9.1.2

Chapters 3 & 4

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Chapter 3 - Key Quotations

Here are four key quotations from Chapter 3:

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"Looks like peace"

  • "From a distance, it looks like peace"
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__"...a reproach to her..."

  • "I'm a reproach to her; and a necessity"
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...Scriptual precedent"

  • "They can hit us, there's Scriptural precedent"

Chapter 4 - Key Quotations

Here are seven key quotations from Chapter 4:

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"...ravenous for news..."

  • "I'm ravenous for news, any kind of news; even if it is false news"
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"...tiny peepholes"

  • “Such moments are possibilities, tiny peepholes"
    • Offred says this when she makes eye contact with one of the Guardians when passing through the checkpoint.
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"...I am not ashamed..."

  • "I find I am not ashamed after all. I enjoy the power"
    • Offred says this after she has moved her "hips a little" in front of the Guardians.

Jump to other topics

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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