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The Handmaid (other)
A handmaid, or handmaiden, is a historic type of personal servant Handmaid, The Handmaid or The Handmaiden may also refer to: Biology * Handmaid or ''Dysauxes ancilla'', a moth in the family Erebidae * Handmaiden moth, or ''Syntomoides imaon'', a moth in the family Erebidae Media * Handmaid Media, Australian film production company headed by Samantha Lang * ''The Handmaiden'', (아가씨; ''Agassi'') a 2016 Korean film based on Sarah Waters' ''Fingersmith'' See also * Hand (other) * Handmaids of Charity, an Italian religious institution * ''The Handmaid's Tale'' (1985), a novel by Margaret Atwood ** ''The Handmaid's Tale'' (film) ** ''The Handmaid's Tale'' (opera) ** ''The Handmaid's Tale'' (TV series) * Maid (other) * Maiden (other) A maiden is a female virgin. Maiden or Maidens may also refer to: Meaning "first" * Maiden flight, the first flight by an aircraft * Maiden name, the family name carried by a woman before marriage * Maiden over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Handmaid
A handmaiden, handmaid or maidservant is a personal maid or female servant. Depending on culture or historical period, a handmaiden may be of slave status or may be simply an employee. However, the term ''handmaiden'' generally implies lowly status. Depictions in Abrahamic texts In the King James translation of the Hebrew Bible, the term handmaid is applied to a female servant who serves her mistress, as in the case of Hagar being described as Sarai's handmaid, Zilpah being Leah's handmaid and Bilhah as Rachel's handmaid. In each of these cases, the mistress "gave" their handmaid to their husbands "to wife", to bear his "seed" (children). The use in the Torah of the prefix "to", as in "gave ''to'' wife", may indicate that the wife is a concubine or inferior wife. The text repeats that these people remain handmaids of their mistress though they are also the concubine of the mistress's husband. They are referred to interchangeably by the Hebrew terms () and (). Other modern E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dysauxes Ancilla
''Dysauxes ancilla'', the handmaid, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1767 12th edition of ''Systema Naturae''. It lives in southern and central Europe, through Turkey and Armenia, over the Ural Mountains and up to the Caucasus. The wingspan is 22–25 mm. The larvae primarily feed on ''Taraxacum'', ''Senecio'', ''Plantago'' and ''Lactuca ''Lactuca'', commonly known as lettuce, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. The genus includes at least 50 species, distributed worldwide, but mainly in temperate Eurasia. Its best-known representative is the garden lettuce ...'' species. External links *''Fauna Europaea'' Syntomini [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syntomoides Imaon
''Syntomoides imaon'', the handmaiden moth, is a moth of subfamily Arctiinae, subtribe Ctenuchina. The systematics of the subfamily has been revised. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1780. It is found in Pakistan ( Sindh), India (Sikkim, Khasi hills, Tamil Nadu, Kerala), Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Nepal, China (Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...), and Vietnam. Description The moth has a wingspan of 34 mm. The frons and collar are yellow with the metathorax having a yellow streak. The first abdominal segment has a yellow band which is sometimes obsolescent. The forewing has large hyaline patches, one filling the cell, another filling nearly the whole interno-median interspace, one at junction of veins 2 and 3, two subapical, and two subma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samantha Lang
Samantha Lang is an Australian film director and screenwriter. Her production company is Handmaid Media. Early life and education Samantha Lang was born in London, England, migrating to Australia with her family at the age of 14. She attended North Sydney Girls' High School, earning her HSC in 1985. She grew up watching European films, and was very influenced by the film ''Hiroshima Mon Amour''. In 1986 she spent a year at Universite de Grenoble, at Grenoble in France, studying French literature and linguistics. After beginning her university studies in 1987, in 1989 Lang was awarded a scholarship from Qantas to study at the Fachhochschule Wiesbaden in Germany for 10 months, where she focused on film and photography. She also attended FAMU, the Czech film school in Prague, which she said was a "life-changing experience" for her. The government had been overthrown, as Vaclev Havel was coming to power, and young people who had previously been barred from attending univers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Handmaiden
''The Handmaiden'' (; ) is a 2016 South Korean psychological thriller film directed by Park Chan-wook and starring Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri, Ha Jung-woo and Cho Jin-woong. It is inspired by the 2002 novel '' Fingersmith'' by Welsh writer Sarah Waters, with the setting changed from Victorian era Britain to Korea under Japanese colonial rule. The film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. It was released in South Korea on 1 June 2016. The film received critical acclaim, with praise for its performances, direction, score, cinematography, visuals, and writing. It grossed over $38 million worldwide. At the 71st British Academy Film Awards, the film won the category of Best Film Not in the English Language. Plot Part 1 In Japanese-occupied Korea, a con man operating under the sobriquet of "Count Fujiwara" plans to seduce a Japanese heiress named Lady Hideko, then marry her and commit her to an asylum in order to steal her inheritance. He hires a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hand (other)
A hand is a body part. Hand or HAND may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities * Hand, a son of Albion in the mythology of William Blake * Crazy Hand and Master Hand, two characters in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series * King's Hand, a top advisor to a king in ''A Song of Fire and Ice'' and '' Game of Thrones'' * The Hand (''Babylon 5''), an alien race in the television series ''Babylon 5'' (1994–1997) * The Hand (comics), an organization in the Marvel Comics universe * The Hand, creator of Nebula Man in the DC Comics universe Films * ''The Hand'' (1960 film), by Henry Cass * ''The Hand'' (1965 film), by Jiří Trnka * ''The Hand'' (1981 film), a 1981 horror film by Oliver Stone * ''The Hand'', a short film by Wong Kar-Wai, part of the film '' Eros (2004)'' Music * "Hand", a 1999 song by Jars of Clay from the album ''If I Left the Zoo'' * The Hand, a side project of American rock band Johnny Society Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Handmaids Of Charity
The Handmaids of Charity (Italian: ''Ancelle della Carità''; Latin: ''Congregatio Ancillarum a Charitate''; abbreviation: ''A.D.C.'') is a religious institute of pontifical right whose members profess public vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience and follow the evangelical way of life in common. History This religious institute was founded in Brescia, Italy, in 1840, by Maria Crocifissa di Rosa. As of 31 December 2005 there were 1103 sisters in 102 communities in Italy, Croatia, Rwanda, Brazil, and Ecuador. Their mission includes care of the sick, lepers and elderly. The Generalate of the Congregation can be found in Brescia Brescia (, locally ; lmo, link=no, label= Lombard, Brèsa ; lat, Brixia; vec, Bressa) is a city and '' comune'' in the region of Lombardy, Northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Garda and Iseo ..., Italy. References External links Handmaids of Charity official site Catholic female orders an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Handmaid's Tale
''The Handmaid's Tale'' is a futuristic dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood and published in 1985. It is set in a near-future New England in a patriarchal, totalitarian theonomic state known as the Republic of Gilead, which has overthrown the United States government. Offred is the central character and narrator and one of the "handmaids", women who are forcibly assigned to produce children for the "commanders", who are the ruling class in Gilead. The novel explores themes of subjugated women in a patriarchal society, loss of female agency and individuality, suppression of women's reproductive rights, and the various means by which women resist and try to gain individuality and independence. The title echoes the component parts of Geoffrey Chaucer's ''The Canterbury Tales'', which is a series of connected stories (such as "The Merchant's Tale" and "The Parson's Tale"). It also alludes to the tradition of fairy tales where the central character tells her story. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Handmaid's Tale (film)
''The Handmaid's Tale'' is a 1990 dystopian film adapted from Canadian author Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel of the same name. Directed by Volker Schlöndorff, the film stars Natasha Richardson (Offred), Faye Dunaway (Serena Joy), Robert Duvall (The Commander), Aidan Quinn (Nick), and Elizabeth McGovern (Moira). The screenplay was written by playwright Harold Pinter. The original music score was composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto. The film was entered into the 40th Berlin International Film Festival. It is the first filmed adaptation of the novel, succeeded by the Hulu television series which began streaming in 2017. Plot In the near future, war rages across the Republic of Gilead (formerly the United States of America) and pollution has rendered 99% of the population sterile. Kate is a woman who attempts to emigrate to Canada with her husband Luke and daughter Jill. As they attempt to cross the border by foot on a dirt road, the Gilead Border Guard orders them to turn back or they w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Handmaid's Tale (opera)
''The Handmaid's Tale'' is a 1998 opera by Danish composer Poul Ruders, setting a libretto by Paul Bentley based on the novel of the same name by Margaret Atwood. It has a prologue, a prelude, two acts and an epilogue; there is a build-up in each act leading to a big scene. The work premiered in Copenhagen in 2000 and has since been produced in London, Toronto and elsewhere. Bentley's libretto converts a first-person novel into a third-person opera by means of framing devices. The action takes place in a 22nd-century United States taken over by a right-wing theocracy and named Gilead; it starts with a newsreel-like collage: the narrative first frame. Background The 21st-century North American society is depicted as one with great suffering and injustice in The Handmaid's Tale. Ecological and political disruption lead to the dismantling of the United States by a right-wing theocracy which takes over to create the new country of Gilead.'''' The structure of the opera is divided i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Handmaid's Tale (TV Series)
''The Handmaid's Tale'' is an American dystopian television series created by Bruce Miller, based on the 1985 novel of the same name by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. The series was ordered by the streaming service Hulu as a straight-to-series order of 10 episodes, for which production began in late 2016. The plot features a dystopia following a Second American Civil War wherein a theonomic, totalitarian society subjects fertile women, called " Handmaids", to child-bearing slavery. The first three episodes of the series premiered on April 26, 2017; the subsequent seven episodes were released every Wednesday. In July 2019, the series was renewed for a fourth season, which premiered on April 27, 2021. In September 2019, it was announced that Hulu and MGM were developing a sequel series, to be based on Atwood's 2019 novel ''The Testaments''. In December 2020, ahead of the fourth season premiere, the series was renewed for a fifth season, which premiered on September 14, 2022. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maid (other)
A maid is a female employed in domestic service. Maid, MAID or Maids may also refer to: * Maid (title), a title granted to the eldest daughter of a Scottish Laird * Maiden, a virginal woman * ''Maids'' (film), directed by Fernando Meirelles and Nando Olival * ''Maids'' (2015 TV series), a 2015 South Korean costume drama * ''Maids'' (comics), a 2020 graphic novel by Katie Skelly * ''Maid'' (miniseries), a 2021 American miniseries * Massive array of idle disks, a data storage system * Medical assistance in dying, see Euthanasia in Canada * Mobile advertising ID An advertising ID is a unique user ID assigned to a mobile device (smart phone, tablet computer), or operating environment, to help advertising services personalize their offers. It can be sent to advertisers and other third parties which can use t ..., a device or operating environment identity for advertising services See also * The Maid (other) * The Housemaid (other) [Baidu] |
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