Characters Flashcards
1
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Offred
A
-Narrator and protagonista
-Handmaids show which Commander owns them by adopting their Commanders nomes ( Fred Commander= Offred handmaids)
2
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Commander
A
- Secretly pays Scrabble with Offred
-Makes himself look like Gilleads victim however from vários clues and the epilogue we find out that the Commander was involved in the designing and estabilishing Gilead
3
Q
Serena Joy
A
- Commanders Wife
- b4 Gilead= gospel Singer
-She sits até the top of the female social ladder
4
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Moira
A
- Offreds friend
-Lesbian and feminista - Tries to escape multiple times, and at he end she escapes but was caught b4 she left Gilead
-Later on Works as a prostituta for the Commanders
5
Q
Aunt Lydia
A
- Works at the rê education center and is only showed in Offreds Memories
- Haunts Offred Till now
6
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Nick
A
- A Guardian that Works as a gardener
- Hás a sexual affair with Offred
-Orchestrates her escape but we dont know if he gave her to the EYES or the Resistance
7
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Ofglen
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- Offreds shopping partner
- Member of “Mayday” underground
-Hangs herself not to give the nomes involved in the resistance
8
Q
Cora
A
- Marthas class
- infertile woman
- hopes Offred is going to be able to conceive so she can raise the child
9
Q
Janine/ Ofwarren
A
- Offred knows her from the red center
- has an unbaby
rumours say the father of the unbaby was her doctor
-shes a conformist
10
Q
Luke
A
- Offred and him had an affar, untill later on he divorced from his wife to be with her
-attempts to escaper with Offred and his daughter
-her memories of him contrast with the passionless regime
11
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Offreds Mother
A
-single parent and feminist activist
- one time in the Red Center, shes showed with a banner anti-rape and yelling
12
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Aunt Elizabeth
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- Moira attacks her in the Red Center and steals her Aunt clothing to escape
13
Q
Rita
A
-Martha
14
Q
Professor Pieixoto
A
-working at an uni in 2195
-trancribed Offreds recorded narrative
-he gives an lecture
15
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Doctor
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-Offred doctor for sexual health
-offers to impregnate her
