rebellion in asnd and aht

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rebellion
- a womans role
  - Offred - like her fellow handmaids represent womans oppression by having limited freedoms and being forced to produce children.
  - Stella- she serves as an example of how woman were used for sex and as punching bags.
  - both writers are trying to show the problems in society and how things need to change.
- homosexuality
  - "After the death of Allan " - Blanches husband was caught sleeping with another man, he then committed suicide.
  - moira- is a gay woman and is labelled as a gender traitor.
- threat to society
  - Blanche presents a threat to the new south and Stanley's american dream.
- reality vs magic
  - Janine appearing in some kind of trance.
  - Blanche- "i don't want realism I want magic"
Offred - commits small acts of rebellion against Gilead (touching Moiras finger through the bathroom stall).

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