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Paint It, Grey

Art by  Fanzi 518 The term ‘Grisaille’ refers to a monochromatic painting technique used by artists– a technique where an entire piece is conceived using only the colour grey. To achieve this, artists mix precise quantities of black and white to produce a wide range of grey tones. And while these two colours are responsible for the definition of every shape, black and white in their purest form are scarcely present. People are much the same– never completely belonging to one side of the spectrum, or the other. A similar grey zone was prevalent throughout chapter 28 of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale . During this chapter, we watch through Offred’s eyes as the gradual fall of the United States gives way to the rise of the Republic of Gilead. There are arguably a number of things that may have provoked this turn of events, but most notably, it was the people’s indifference toward any problems that don’t concern them. For instance, even when Offred is stripped of he...