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The Handmaid's Tale
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- I see the dishtowel, out of context, and I catch my breath.
Chpt 8 *out of context = the setting or situation in which something occurs"Editor's Notes"When someone is quoted "out of context" it means that selected words were quoted that misrepresent the meaning of all their words.
For example, if you said "I admire their effort, but they are dead wrong if they think this will work," and someone implied that you supported their plan by quoting you as only saying, "I admire their effort," they would be quoting you out of context. - Context is all.†
Chpt 24
- Here, in this context, it's neither prayer nor command, but a sad graffiti, scrawled once, abandoned.†
Chpt 29
- Context is all; or is it ripeness?†
Chpt 30
Definitions:
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(context) the setting or situation in which something occurs
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)