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Chapters 3 & 4

English Lit: Edexcel A Level The Handmaid's Tale, topic 9.1.2

Chapter 3 - Key Quotations

Here are four key quotations from Chapter 3:

"Looks like peace"

"Looks like peace"

  • "From a distance, it looks like peace"
"I once had a garden"

"I once had a garden"

"...a reproach to her..."

__"...a reproach to her..."

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

...Scriptual precedent"

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

Chapter 4 - Key Quotations

Here are seven key quotations from Chapter 4:

"Perhaps he is an eye"

"Perhaps he is an eye"

"Think of yourselves as seeds"

"Think of yourselves as seeds"

"She is my spy, as I am hers"

"She is my spy, as I am hers"

"...ravenous for news..."

"...ravenous for news..."

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

"...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.
"My red shroud"

"My red shroud"

"...I am not ashamed..."

"...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.

Test yourself on Chapters 3 & 4

  • Complete the quotation from Chapter 3:

    "From a distance, it looks like..."

  • What does Offred remember she "once had" in Chapter 3?

  • What's the missing word from this quotation describing Ofglen?

    "She is my ____, as I am hers"

  • What is Offred describing in this quotation from Chapter 4?

    "I find I am not ashamed after all. I enjoy the power"

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