Abstract
In the first episode of The Handmaid's Tale, Offred reflects on how she and her fellow Handmaids found themselves in their current predicament - living in a world where a small group of elites have rewritten the law in line with an inhumane and brutally enforced ideology.
'When they slaughtered Congress, we didn't wake up. When they blamed terrorists, and suspended the Constitution, we didn't wake up then either. Nothing changes instantaneously. In a gradually heating bathtub, you'd be boiled to death before you knew it.'
'When they slaughtered Congress, we didn't wake up. When they blamed terrorists, and suspended the Constitution, we didn't wake up then either. Nothing changes instantaneously. In a gradually heating bathtub, you'd be boiled to death before you knew it.'
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages | 3-9 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Volume | 88 |
| No. | 4 |
| Specialist publication | Australian Quarterly |
| Publication status | Published - Oct 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |
