The Handmaid's Tale - Resistance, Dissent and Rebellion

Finish the quote:

“There is a risk, suddenly, in the air between us, where there was…

none before. Even this meeting of eyes holds danger. Though there’s nobody near”

Finish the quote:

“I went back to Nick. Time after time, on my own, without…

Serena knowing. It wasn’t called for, there was no excuse. I did not do it for him, but for myself entirely”

Finish the quote:

“You will wait until I blow the whistle. After that, what you do is up to you, until…

I blow the whistle again. Understood?”

Finish the quote:

“He wasn’t a rapist at all, he was a political. He was…

one of ours. I knocked him out. Put him out of his misery”

Finish critic Lawlor’s statement about resistance, dissent and rebellion:

“Offred is politically complacent before…

the takeover” (she was not a rebel until society suppressed her)

Finish critic Gottlieb’s statement about resistance, dissent and rebellion:

“Since the dystopian regime denies its subjects’ free will, the central character cannot be made responsible for…

his or her ultimate failure or defeat in the repressive system that overpowers individuals”

What context can be used to support this?

Iranian women’s protests falling the fall of the Shah in Iran and the rise of Islamic fundamentalism. Also the #MeToo movement.

What were the Iranian women protests?

Women staged various protests during this tumultuous time. In one spontaneous uprising, Iranian women and men took to the streets en masse to protest the compulsory hijab and to call for the protection of achievements made in women’s rights. On 8^th March 1979, more than 100,000 women gathered on the streets of the Iranian capital to protest against the law new Islamic government’s compulsory hijab ruling.

What is the #MeToo movement?

A movement that started in October 2017, used to shame men guilty of sexual misconduct, and to empower those who had been sexually assaulted by showing empathy, solidarity and raising awareness.