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    Cards (10)

    • BP3: 1 (topic)?

      • denouement shapes overall message, offering hope or reinforcing grim reality of oppression
      • endings provide parallel commentaries on the potential for change, reflecting context of creation and reinforcing respective warnings
    • BP3 THT: 2?

      • unresolved conclusion mirrors fear that societal progress is unstable, aligning with context of time when women's rights under threat
      • fate uncertain, audience wondering
    • BP3 THT: 3 (evidence)?

      • epilogue features historical notes section, revealing regime has fallen and offred's experiences dissected in academic conference
      • novel narrated by woman, but analysis presented by man who undermines her experience and reliability
      • choice reinforces critique of patriarchal control over women's narratives
    • BP3 THT: 4 (link ish)?

      • denouement effectively communicates dangers of complacency
      • suggesting when regimes like Gilead are dismantled and studied, threat of another one remains
      • uncertainty imparts lingering warning to audience about fragile nature of freedom, societal progress is easily undone and it creates a perpetual sense of unease
    • BP3 MMFR: 5?

      • MCs signal end of Joe's reign of terror; moment of triumph over patriarchy and ecological devastation
      • conclusion provides optimistic outlook on rebellion and renewal, reflecting modern femist desire for systemic change
    • BP3 MMFR: 6?

      • additionally, underscores difficulty of sustaining progress, aligning with contention that dys fiction presents a warning
    • BP3 MMFR: 7 (evidence)?

      • Max disappears
      • imagery suggests while immediate threat was eliminated, true reform is elusive as challenge of rebuilding society remains
      • while downfall of Joe indicated change is possible, implies society cannot be fixed by removing tyrant
    • BP3 MMFR: 8?

      • optimist ending intended to satisfy audience's viewing, it diminishes impact of miller's warning
    • BP3: 9 (link)?

      • offred's open to interpretation, furiosa's more concrete
      • both underscore difficulty in facilitating change in face of systemic patriarchy
    • conclusion: 1?
      • texts utilise features conveying warnings that resonate with societies in which they were created
      • THT cautions against complacency in face of authoritarianism regarding women's rights, offred's passive resistance reflecting limitations of individual rebellion within a totalitarian state
      • MMFR envisions where civilisation collapsed due to exploitation of natural resources, dire warning about ecological and societal outcomes of unchecked greed
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