Handmaid's tale characters

Handmaid's tale characters

1. Mains!

   • Offred
     • Identity has been stripped from her
       • Own clothes
         • Basic essentials
           • Causing her to want to steal
       • 'Offred'
     • Made to forget her past.
       • Refuses to and still has flashbacks
         • These keep her sane
       • Luke and her daughter
         • Aunts taught the Handmaids to believe their daughters are dead
           • 'Easier'
     • 'viable ovaires'
       • Obsess over getting pregnant
       • Handmaid
         • Does her best to obide by the rules
     • Narrator and Protagonist
   • THE COMMANDER
     • Looks "Like a Midwestern bank president"
       • Grey hair, Black suit
     • Breaks many laws
       • Goes to Jezebels
       • Gets close with Offred
         • Selfish rather than charitable
     • Lonely
       • Wants female comanionship
         • Victim of Gilead's society
       • Looking for a sympathetic ear.
   • Serena Joy
     • Commander's wife
     • Infertile
       • Desperate for a baby
     • Bitter, Manipulative, Rude
       • No compassion for Offred
       • Only sees the difficulty in HER life
       • Offred to sleep with Nick
     • Concealed the knowledge of Offred's child
     • Lack of sympathy
       • Cruel and Selfish
     • Atwood implies that she is the glue which holds the Totalitarian state together.
     • Wears blue, old.
       • Virgin Mary
         • Religion

2. Middle/Minor!

   • Moira
     • Offred's best friend
       • Now and in the past
     • Rebellious
       • Escapes The Red Centre
         • Threatens a Martha and takes her clothes
           • Shows that rank is shown through clothing
           • Rejection of the attempt for Gilead society to take her identity.
       • Stands up for authority
     • Brings hope for Offred
       • Still rebellion in this society
     • Lesbian
     • Becomes a prostitute

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