Monday, December 07, 2015
Poem
"A Red Shirt", a poem written by Margaret Atwood, related to the Handmaid Tale according to the how they treat women. In the poem, the author wrote“Children should not wear red, A man once told me” ,this shows that the people in the poem drew up the rules for women. Women were kept from wearing red since it was the color of death, passion,war, anger and sacrifice of shed blood. “A girl should be a veil, a white shadow, bloodless as a moon on water” pointed out that people gave a model for a girl. They thought girls should be like what they wanted. Same as the poem, the Handmaid's Tale limited women's freedom. It seemed like to protect women, but it took away women's right actually. People always give the other "What they think is good" but never ask the other's thought.
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First of all, I like your idea to use the color to separate the parts; it makes your post easier to understand. :) Secondly, you idea is stated very clearly, and I think you can give some example about how the Handmaid and the women in the poem are similar, such as how their freedom is limited.
ReplyDeleteI think your post is very good since your have given specific quotes to show the examples of how the poem A Red Skirt is similar to the book of The Handmaid’s Tale. It’s really good that after each quote, you have longer explanations so that readers can understand easier. The only thing I think you can improve on is to add at least one specific quotes from the The Handmaid’s. It can make your point be more persuasive. But still, overall this is a great post!
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