conclusion

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