The Handmaid's - Tale Oppression and Defiance in Chapter Seven

The Handmaid's - Tale Oppression and Defiance in Chapter Seven

1. "as long as I am quiet" - Offred's night isn't really her own - oppression

2. "any case forbidden" - writing is forbidden (simple thing) - oppression

3. "With people who are fit" - can't decide for selves any more - oppression

4. "somewhere good" - Offred's thoughts are her defiance

5. "I have control" "I can pick up" - something she is in control of, she relishes in it - defiance

6. "riskier, more hazardous" - if a risk is to be taken, it is secret - defiance