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===Researching ''The Handmaid's Tale''===
The dystopian novel ''The Handmaid's Tale'' (1985) was written by Margaret Atwood. In this novel, Atwood paints a very negative picture of our future: a future characterised by the oppression of women and very conservative gender roles.


The following article deals with the background that, among other things, motivated Margaret Atwood to write this novel. '''<u>Read</u>''' the article carefully and then do the '''tasks''' below.     


Today we're going to build a glossary for important historical terms. This list can help to build up a better range of vocabulary.
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== A ==
*According to the text, what is the novel ''The Handmaid’s Tale'' about? What is the main theme?
*Sum up on what social and environmental developments the novel is based on (using bullet points).
*Do some further research and answer the following questions in a couple of sentences:
**What is a Puritan?
**What is ''Listen America!'' all about?|Arbeitsmethode
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* '''abolish; abolition'''<br> to end a law, system or practice
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* '''absolutism'''<br>form of government where a monarch rules with unlimited authority
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* '''age'''<br>a period of time, e.g. the Dark Age, Industrial Age, age of discoveries
* '''age of enlightenment'''<br>reason and
* '''aristocracy''' <br>rule of nobility
* '''assembly'''<br>a meeting of people in one place for a purpose
 
== B ==
* '''borgeoisie''' (eng. middle class)<br>
 
== C ==
* capitalism
* clergy
* commons
* confederation
* crop rotation
* crusade
 
== D ==
* '''democracy'''<br>rule of the people
* '''duty, duties''' 
== E==
* '''estates'''
* '''evolution'''<br>a slow development with gradual changes
 
== G ==
* '''gentleman'''<br>a man of good manners; originally landed gentry (=land-owners)
 
== H ==
* '''human rights'''
 
== L ==
* '''labour'''
* '''legislative'''<br>law-making branch, parliament
* '''liberal, liberalism'''
 
== M ==
* '''manor house'''<br>residence  of a lower nobleman; a very small palace
* '''merchants'''<br> people who trade goods
* '''monarchy'''<br>rule of a king
 
==  N ==
 
* nation, national
== P ==
* '''parliament'''<br>elected representative of the people with advisory and legislative functions
* '''people'''<br>
* '''president'''<br>elected head of state
* '''privilege''' - if you are allowed to do sth. special 
== R ==
* reaction
* republic -
* restauration
*  '''revolution'''<br>sudden change of a political system, property
* riot
== S ==
*  '''seperation of powers'''<br>refers to the division of a state's government into three independent areas  - executive, legislative, judiciary   
 
== T ==
* '''triangle trade'''<br>trade between three ports or regions for example between Europe, Africa and America
== U==
== V ==
* '''violence'''<br>
* '''virtue'''<br>
 
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''evolution'': a slow development with gradual changes
 
''revolution'': sudden change of a political system, property
 
''riot'': a violent disturbance of the peace by a crowd
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Researching The Handmaid's Tale

The dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale (1985) was written by Margaret Atwood. In this novel, Atwood paints a very negative picture of our future: a future characterised by the oppression of women and very conservative gender roles.

The following article deals with the background that, among other things, motivated Margaret Atwood to write this novel. Read the article carefully and then do the tasks below.


Picture of background research article.png


Task 1
What do the words in red mean? Try to guess from the context and match the terms with their definitions. You can use a monolingual dictionary!



Task 2

Copy the following questions into a Word document and answer the questions:

  • According to the text, what is the novel The Handmaid’s Tale about? What is the main theme?
  • Sum up on what social and environmental developments the novel is based on (using bullet points).
  • Do some further research and answer the following questions in a couple of sentences:
    • What is a Puritan?
    • What is Listen America! all about?