1. Losing Stability
Throughout "The Handmaids Tale", symbolism and imagery are reoccurring themes, and we see different thought processes through dramatic events and everyday situations. ... The reoccurring image of the tulips in the garden also relates to this as they are also red and compared to blood: "... a darker crimson toward the stem, as if they had been cut and are beginning to heal there." ... Little things such as not stepping on the cracks in the pavement, and the fact that all printed words have been removed: "You can see the place... where the lettering was painted o...
- Word Count: 1438
- Approx Pages: 6
- Grade Level: High School