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07-03-2018, 06:49 PM
Who is June speaking to in the voiceover for 'The Handmaid's Tale'?
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This article contains spoilers for The Handmaid's Tale Season 2, Episode 11, and speculation about the plot for future seasons.
More than any other episode before it, "Holly" made clear that June's voiceovers in The Handmaid's Tale are more than just a powerful storytelling device.*
June is telling her story to someone, somewhere, at some time in the future. And that raises a whole mess of questions we might not even have thought to ask before.
SEE ALSO: 2017 was the year women took back their own narratives (https://mashable.com/2017/12/28/2017-women-narrative-reclaim-stories/)
Who is the "you" June is telling her story to? How is she even telling her story at all, when she lives in a society that forbids her from either speaking or writing? What does it mean for her survival — and Gilead's? And what does this tell us about the show's endgame? Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/07/03/the-handmaids-tale-voiceover/)
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This article contains spoilers for The Handmaid's Tale Season 2, Episode 11, and speculation about the plot for future seasons.
More than any other episode before it, "Holly" made clear that June's voiceovers in The Handmaid's Tale are more than just a powerful storytelling device.*
June is telling her story to someone, somewhere, at some time in the future. And that raises a whole mess of questions we might not even have thought to ask before.
SEE ALSO: 2017 was the year women took back their own narratives (https://mashable.com/2017/12/28/2017-women-narrative-reclaim-stories/)
Who is the "you" June is telling her story to? How is she even telling her story at all, when she lives in a society that forbids her from either speaking or writing? What does it mean for her survival — and Gilead's? And what does this tell us about the show's endgame? Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/07/03/the-handmaids-tale-voiceover/)
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