Symbols👁️
What do Eyes Symbolize?
Constant surveillance.
These women are the highest-ranking females in Gilead and are married to powerful men, usually seen wearing blue.
Wives.
Fails first escape attempt: tortured. The second escape attempt is successful, toilet overflow involved.
Moira.
What Role Does Offred Have in Gilead (title)?
Handmaid.
What is the name of this book?
Handmaid's Tale.
What do Flowers Symbolize?
Fertilily. A "powerless garden" where women are allowed to bloom, but only under strict supervision.
These women wear green and are responsible for cooking and cleaning in the commander's house.
Marthas.
The character was seemingly replaced (killed herself) partway through the story.
Ofglen.
Offred's Age.
33. (Closest enough gets the point).
What does the Greek quote “Nolite te bastardes carborundorum” mean?
Don't let those bastards grind you down.
What do the Wings (Bonnet) Symbolize?
Restricted freedom and forced anonymity.
These women wear brown and are the only ones allowed to use cattle prods to train and punish the handmaids.
Tias (Aunts).
This character was one of the first people that ofglen met at the Waterford household.
Serena Joy.
Mid-story: she abandons her cautious survival rules to begin a secret, illegal affair with this man.
Nick.
What game did the commander and Offred play?
Scrabble and Chinese Checkers.
What Does a Mirror Symbolize?
Loss of personal identity. Lack of individuality.
Men who intimately engage with handmaids.
Commander.
Person taken from Offred before Gilead (Not husband).
Her daughter.
What was the name of the organization that offred help/ was a part of?
Mayday.
Offred constantly uses the word “Night” as the title of her chapters to symbolize a space where she has something she's lacking.
Freedom.
What do Egg/Round Shapes Represent?
Ovaries, Fertility.
These women are considered no longer useful to Gilead and are sent to clean up toxic waste, the lowest social class.
The Unwomen.
The servant/Martha of the household, who often feels resentful or distant towards the Handmaids.
Rita.
Who was Offred Married to, Pre-Gilead?
Luke Bankhole
In the year 2195, a symposium on Gilead studies is held at this university, whose name is a pun that mocks the very authenticity of Offred’s story.
University of Denay, Nunavit.