9.1.5

Chapters 9 & 10

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Chapter 9 - Key Quotations

Here are three key quotations from Chapter 9:

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Key quotations

  • "My room then. There has to be some space, finally, that I claim as mine, even in this time"
  • "Nolite te bastardes carborundorum"
  • "What you don't know won't hurt you, was all she would say"

Chapter 10 - Key Quotations

Here are four key quotations from Chapter 10:

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Key quotations

  • "The spectacles women used to make of themselves"
    • Aunt Lydia speaks out against sexual liberation.
  • "We lived in the blank white spaces at the edge of the print"
    • Offred, Moira, etc. lived in the margins of society. They didn't recognise themselves in the people they saw in the newspapers.
  • "I ought to feel hatred for this man. I know I ought to feel it, but it isn"t what I feel"
    • Offred's complex feelings for the Commander.
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Key quotations (cont.)

  • "FAITH. It is the only thing they have given me to read"
    • This reflects the tight control Gilead has over language.

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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