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nothing more fine” (Evslin 11) Arachne brings on her own demise. She desperately breathes only her pride until there’s no reason for her to have any and she suddenly suffocates. After losing the contest Arachne also loses all sense of her worth. She scrabbles

Atwood writes about the narrator’s thoughts and needs for affection. There’s nobody here I can love… I can conjure them but they are mirages only, they don’t last. Can I be blamed for wanting a real body… Without it I too am disembodied…I can stroke myself… but I too am dry and white, hard, granular; it’s like running my hand over a plateful of dried rice…. I am like a room where things once happened and now nothing does, except the pollen of the weeds that grow up outside the window, blowing in

As said before, Perry, Jesse, and Hyacinth run away from the Baxter’s place to meet up with other slaves, including Perry’s grandma, to head to Ohio. When they get to the river they need to cross after already meeting up with the other slaves, Colonel Botfield and Miss Polly’s Dad catch them boarding the boat. When they are caught, Colonel Botfield starts shooting at them and kills the man who was aiding them, and hits one the slaves in the shoulder, Thomas. After that, Jesse runs to hide after falling

Comparatively to Nineteen Eighty-Four, The Handmaid’s Tale has prohibited the use of language and literacy for women in Gilead in order to suppress the independent voice, desire and autonomy. This is used as a means of social control and manipulation as a measure of ensuring that there are no opportunities in which woman can gain political power and be taken away from fulfilling their reproductive duties. In Atwood’s novel, language and reading are considered dangerous weapons in a woman’s hands

When I was little, every Thanksgiving my grandmother, mother, and aunt participated in their annual Scrabble tournament. I remember as soon as I heard the word “Scrabble,” I would moan with disgust because I wondered how could anyone enjoy a game that involved making words? Yes, the game literally revolves around making…words. It was like being at school when I was supposed to be on vacation! Today, I think about how different holiday gatherings might have been if, after the dishes were finished

performed on these people because they where patients suffering from brain damage or epilepsy (Morris, 2006). One of his patients was asked verbally “what do you want to do?” and simultaneously was supposed to reply using scrabble letters, he replied “draftsman” and with scrabble letters replied “ automobile race” (Morris, 2006). Clearly Sperry figured out that his patient was seeing something different than he was thinking. A quote from Sperry that summarized his research was, “Everything we have

Handmaid, but she is sad and unhappy with it. Offred is also unorthodox because of her relationship with the Commander. She meets him in his office; “It’s forbidden for us to be alone with Commanders” (Atwood 136). They first talk and play a game of scrabble. Offred willfully participates in all of the Commander’s shenanigans. It is highly illegal for handmaids to read, which Offred does with the commander. Finally, Offred engages in Mayday, the secret society against Gilead. Offred walks to town with

capacity and develop intelligence by getting fresh oxygen in physical sports. As for the emotional defects, they are negative effects on education. The most suitable solutions are mind sports, such as playing chess, sudoku, and scrabble. When students played chess, sudoku, scrabble, their brains are going to apply a mass of calculation and ratiocination for winning the game. The mind sports can help students to learn how to keep calm and concentrated, meanwhile, there are some little changes which are

backbone.” (Kafka) It’s clear that Gregor has a subconsciousness predisposition to the results of his metamorphosis; identifying himself figuratively as a human bug working at a human hive for no personal fulfillment. This desperate and constant scrabble with menial tasks can be compared to an insect working for a colony: ceaselessly traveling to and from the hive and performing ultimately meaningless tasks. Each insect serves a purpose in keeping their hive or nest operating, much like office workers

the novel goes on Offred is presented with more power. Her Commander wants to start an intimate forbidden relationship with her, treating her like a full-blown mistress and allowing her to do things that she would be reprimanded for, like playing scrabble, when the role of Handmaid is supposed to be centered around procreation and nothing else.