Use Of Language In The Handmaid's Tale
Chrystelle Pierre-Fils
EES21QH.05
Ms. Milliner
October, 17. 2016 The Handmaid’s Tale
In the novel, The Handmaid's Tale, Atwood's use of language is a big outlet for the audience to see that the language creates a form of power and a means of escape. The language that she uses is freedom of speech, religious language, the language between all of the characters, and in general, certain phrases and words. After reading the novel, it is clear to see Atwood’s choice of language is created in order for her audience to receive thorough understanding of the book. Freedom of speech is used in the novel by limiting the language that the characters use. Some characters do get the chance to speak freely, such as the commanders and the wives. The commanders and the wives having freedom gives them some sort of power. Meanwhile, the others such as, the aunts, the Martha’s, the Handmaid's, the …show more content…
In Serena’s garden, she described one of the flower as an ocean frozen in time because of how blue it was. “Well. Then we had the irise, rising beautiful and cool on their tall stalks, like brown glass, like patel water momentarily frozen in a splash, light blue, light mauve, and the darker ones,...out” (pg. 153). This quote clearly shows that she is describing how beautiful it is and how peaceful it looks. Another thing that would show a means of her escape would be the fact that she was joking with Luke after she lost her job, trying to make herself believe that it wasn’t that bad, although it was bothering her a lot. She also didn’t call the room hers because she had to reassure herself that she would be able to get out of there one day. The people that can maybe be considered free, can be the econowives. The econowives can be considered free because they basically have no purpose under the commander because of them not being able to produce babies or aren’t useful for the tasks that come upon the other's
EES21QH.05
Ms. Milliner
October, 17. 2016 The Handmaid’s Tale
In the novel, The Handmaid's Tale, Atwood's use of language is a big outlet for the audience to see that the language creates a form of power and a means of escape. The language that she uses is freedom of speech, religious language, the language between all of the characters, and in general, certain phrases and words. After reading the novel, it is clear to see Atwood’s choice of language is created in order for her audience to receive thorough understanding of the book. Freedom of speech is used in the novel by limiting the language that the characters use. Some characters do get the chance to speak freely, such as the commanders and the wives. The commanders and the wives having freedom gives them some sort of power. Meanwhile, the others such as, the aunts, the Martha’s, the Handmaid's, the …show more content…
In Serena’s garden, she described one of the flower as an ocean frozen in time because of how blue it was. “Well. Then we had the irise, rising beautiful and cool on their tall stalks, like brown glass, like patel water momentarily frozen in a splash, light blue, light mauve, and the darker ones,...out” (pg. 153). This quote clearly shows that she is describing how beautiful it is and how peaceful it looks. Another thing that would show a means of her escape would be the fact that she was joking with Luke after she lost her job, trying to make herself believe that it wasn’t that bad, although it was bothering her a lot. She also didn’t call the room hers because she had to reassure herself that she would be able to get out of there one day. The people that can maybe be considered free, can be the econowives. The econowives can be considered free because they basically have no purpose under the commander because of them not being able to produce babies or aren’t useful for the tasks that come upon the other's