Question

women in gilead use whispered conversations and secret names as acts of ____.the commanders wife is known as __.offreds memories of her past life serve as acts of mental __.the act of recalling past memories helps offred maintain her sense of ____.

Explanation:

These questions refer to Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale.

1. In Gilead, women's whispered conversations and secret names are small, quiet ways to resist the totalitarian regime's control over their identities and speech.
2. The Commander's wife is a central character explicitly referred to as Serena Joy throughout the text.
3. Offred's memories of her past (her daughter, Luke, her former life) are a way to resist the regime's erasure of her history, acting as mental rebellion against her oppressive present.
4. By clinging to her past memories, Offred holds onto her pre-Gilead self, preserving her individual identity against the regime's attempt to reduce her to a reproductive role.

Answer:

1. resistance
2. Serena Joy
3. rebellion
4. self/identity