Character HMT Flashcards
Offered
Protagonist
‘Two legged womb’
She never reveals her actual name but trusts nick
Not the reader - trouble
‘The fact is that I’m his mistress’
‘I’ve tried to put some of the good things in it aswell. Flowers for instance’
Atwood: ‘you’re dealing with a character whose ability to move in the society was limited’
Moira
Offreds oldest friend
Openly declared lesbian
Rebell- she’s knocked down
Serena joy
Polygamy allowed inchouse but she no like it
Irony- serena was a child singing star
Her life is a parody of the Virtuous woman (in the Old Testament of the Bible - describes as who is content to be ruled by her husband and puts his needs first
Other commanders wife
Gossip
‘White cotton socks… fuzzy material’
The aunts
Older women
Evil
Janine
Rachel and Leah centre
Her fault
Victim before and after
Burnt out miserable tears
Offreds mum
Feminist icon
She proudly defends her position as a single parent
She accuses her daughter of being naive
No mother is ever a child’s idea of what a mother should be
Nick
Eye
Mayday
Passive
Sketchy
Like
Tried to help family escape
Fragmented
Stopped dead in time
Liberated
Courage
Humour
