THT GENRE STRUCTURE AND LANG

UTOPIA AND DYSTOPIA

• KRISHAN KUMAR-BOOK 'UTOPIANISM'-places that 'never the less exist tantaslisingly on edge of possibiulity'
• sataitical attrack on modern society 
• DIDCATIC ELEMENTS-aim to teach moral values 

FEMINE DYSTOPIA

• utopia=traditionally masculine genre

SYSTEMS OF SOCIAL CONTROL

• her dystoia 'a meeting point of utopia and sytopia'-'both have habit of cutting hands and feet of those that dont fir in the scshem'

EXTERNAL AND INTERAL REALITY 

• everyday monotomy 
• narrative structure fragamented 
• ehcoes her feelings of disorientataion
• nght section-her time out to revsit past 
• but also gets freedom in present like scrabbe etc 

MOTIFS AND DOUBLES

• anonomouswomen in rooms before her=double 'always two of us'
• 'doubled i walked the street'
• ofglen more like moiras double-mayday reistance movement 
• last appearnce of janaine frighteneing-particution-holds lump of blood in hair=warnign t offred what may haopoen to her if gives up hope

SELF CONSCIOUS NARRATOIR 

• alwasy draws attention to stortelling porcess
• recognises she does…