The Handmaid's Lament The Handmaid's Lament
The Handmaid's Lament The Handmaid's Lament
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By Sara Stebbins
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Released 8/27/2017.
Duration: 3:03.
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Sara Stebbins ✑ booklet commentary
This piece is written about the Handmaid's struggle against the Condesce, her ultimate defeat, and a sort of bitter-tinged relief she feels from it. I wrote parts of this piece in twelve-tone, alluding to the twelve zodiac signs and the twelve numbers on a clock. I tried to keep this piece as simple as I could because I feel that the Handmaid has this silent, brooding austerity with a sense of anger within, which I tried to bring out in occasional dissonance.
Sigourney Martin ✑ booklet commentary
So right away this song made me feel really sad. For Handmaid i mean. She needs hugs. But yeah, this song really makes me hear and or see her pain and I suppose relief from just being away from lord english's grasp. the jerk.