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Dystopian Tropes
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- English Literature
- 1984, The Handmaid's Tale
- A2/A-level
- OCR
- Created by: EllieMH
- Created on: 25-02-20 14:47
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- Dystopian Tropes
- High Government control
- 1984 = INGSOC
- Fear
- E.G 1984 = Big Brother and Thought police
- E.G. HMT = Eyes and fear of each other as don't know who is an eye
- Godlike figure
- E.G Big Brother
- Propaganda
- Big Brother posters
- State enemy
- E.G 1984 = Emanuel Goldstien, 2 mins hate
- disaster that's forced them into this situation
- 1984 = second world war and nuclear destruction
- citizen conformaty
- 1984 = the diary description of two mins hate
- The Handmaids conform as they know its the best way to survive and some do believe in this world
- esp. The Aunts who teach the Handmaids what it means to be faithful and to be the perfect handmaid through the religious context
- psychological and physical control
- The threat of Room 101 is enough to make people conform
- HMT = think you are in constant surveillance so learn to conform to survive
- religious control
- E.G HMT = is a theocracy which means laws are based on religious beliefs
- Technological control
- the telescreens are used as a way to control every movement of people
- freedom is restricted
- HMT = can only travel in pairs and cannot read if you are a woman
- High Government control
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