Margaret Atwood's the Handmaid's Tale

by Foster, Malcolm

• ISBN13: 9780878912322
• ISBN10: 0878912320
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-06-01
• Publisher: Research & Education Assn

Summary

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Table of Contents

Section One: Introduction	1	(9)
The Life and Work of Margaret Atwood	1	(1)
Historical Background	2	(3)
Master List of Characters	5	(1)
Summary of the Novel	6	(2)
Estimated Reading Time	8	(1)
Section Two: Part I: Night	9	(3)
Chapter 1	9	(3)
Section Three: Part II: Shopping	12	(17)
Chapter 2	12	(2)
Chapter 3	14	(2)
Chapter 4	16	(3)
Chapter 5	19	(3)
Chapter 6	22	(7)
Section Four: Part III: Night	29	(2)
Chapter 7	29	(2)
Section Five: Part IV: Waiting Room	31	(11)
Chapter 8	31	(2)
Chapter 9	33	(1)
Chapter 10	34	(2)
Chapter 11	36	(1)
Chapter 12	37	(5)
Section Six: Part V: Nap	42	(3)
Chapter 13	42	(3)
Section Seven: Part VI: Household	45	(8)
Chapter 14	45	(2)
Chapter 15	47	(2)
Chapter 16	49	(1)
Chapter 17	50	(3)
Section Eight: Part VII: Night	53	(4)
Chapter 18	53	(4)
Section Nine: Part VIII: Birth Day	57	(10)
Chapter 19	57	(2)
Chapter 20	59	(2)
Chapter 21	61	(2)
Chapter 22	63	(1)
Chapter 23	64	(3)
Section Ten: Part IX: Night	67	(5)
Chapter 24	67	(5)
Section Eleven: Part X: Soul Scrolls	72	(9)
Chapter 25	72	(1)
Chapter 26	73	(1)
Chapter 27	74	(2)
Chapter 28	76	(3)
Chapter 29	79	(2)
Section Twelve: Part XI: Night	81	(4)
Chapter 30	81	(4)
Section Thirteen: Part XII: Jezebel's	85	(15)
Chapter 31	85	(2)
Chapter 32	87	(1)
Chapter 33	88	(1)
Chapter 34	89	(1)
Chapter 35	90	(1)
Chapter 36	91	(2)
Chapter 37	93	(1)
Chapter 38	94	(4)
Chapter 39	98	(2)
Section Fourteen: Part XIII: Night	100	(5)
Chapter 40	100	(5)
Section Fifteen: Part XIV: Salvaging	105	(8)
Chapter 41	105	(1)
Chapter 42	106	(2)
Chapter 43	108	(2)
Chapter 44	110	(1)
Chapter 45	111	(2)
Section Sixteen: Part XV: Night	113	(4)
Chapter 46	113	(4)
Section Seventeen: Historical Notes	117	(8)
Section Eighteen: Sample Analytical Paper Topics	125	(6)
Section Nineteen: Bibliography	131