The Handmaid's Tale Analysis

The Handmaid’s Tale has several interesting characters and monumental plot points that one could focus on. I chose to focus my playlist around three characters and twelve events. These fifteen songs provide a large range of genre from rap to metal and everything in between although some songs were chosen based solely on their title. In the first chapter of the novel, Offred is going through the “transition” period between the old age into Gilead and is learning to accept the way things will be and learning what her new purpose will be. This feeling of acceptance and learning is shown in “Coming to Terms” in the lines,” I'm coming to terms I'm starting to learn This ain't all it's cracked up to be…Is this what you need? Am I what you need?” I chose the song “Eat for Two” to represent the scene in which Janine is showing off her pregnant belly. The very first lines demonstrate the excited feeling of being pregnant when it says,” Oh, baby blankets and baby shoes Baby slippers, baby spoons, walls of baby blue,” along with the chorus, “I eat for two, walk for two, breathe for two now.”

She has several flashbacks to their time together and I have attempted to sum them all up in the song, “It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday.” As she becomes more comfortable, for lack of better terms, she begins to develop a subtle connection with Nick, a guardian. Their relationship progresses with the novel and can be condensed into these lines from “Secret Lovers”,” Here we are, just the two of us together Takin' this crazy chance to be all alone We both know that we should not be together Cause if we're found out, it could mess up Both our happy homes…Secret lovers, yeah, that's what we are We shouldn't be together But we can't let go, no, no.” As their relationship grows more intimate, the song “Body Party” can be used to describe their