Nick

Question 1

‘His cap is tilted at a jaunty angle/ tanned but with a stipple of dark hairs’ (pg.17)

Question 2

‘Pull me against him, his mouth on mine. What else comes from such denial?’

Answer 2

Nick and Offred engage in a passionate encounter due to the fact that they have been restricted from intimacy for so long - Nick take power in the situation giving Offred little choice but this also puts her at risk as well for rule breaking

Question 3

‘He makes me hungry’

Answer 3

Synesthesia is a result of defamiliarisation - it has been a long time since Offred has experienced pure human connection

Question 4

‘I went back to Nick/ a beggar’s knock’ (p.270)

Answer 4

The metaphor shows Offred desire and craving for physical intimacy - it also shows her reasons for rebelling against the regimes

Question 5

‘Being here with him is safety; it’s a cave, where we huddle together’ (p.271)

Answer 5

The metaphor portrays that Offred and Nick both use their secret meetings together as an escape from the restrictions of society

Question 6

‘I tell him my real name’ (p.272)

Answer 6

Offred is reclaiming her previous identity as she is rebelling against the regime