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The Symbolic Power of Red in Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale.

This thesis utilizes red objects in Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale to discuss the symbolic meaning of red to the story as a whole and the power relationship among social groups in Gilead. This thesis focuses primarily on the wardrobe of the handmaid and flower imagery to examine red as a manifestation of power in the story.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:ETSU/oai:dc.etsu.edu:honors-1171
Date11 May 2013
CreatorsRoland, Karla M.
PublisherDigital Commons @ East Tennessee State University
Source SetsEast Tennessee State University
Detected LanguageEnglish
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SourceUndergraduate Honors Theses
RightsCopyright by the authors., http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/

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