Character
the Narrators name?
Who is Offred?
New society in which Offred lives in
What is Gilead
This color is worn by Handmaids to represent control
What is red
Offred goes here to buy food and suplies
What is the Market
This theme shows loss of rights
what is oppression
Offred’s Commander’s wife name.
Who is Serena Joy?
Offred stays at this person's home throughout the story
Who is the Commander
These white covering limit what Handmaids can see and symbolize restriction
What are wings (bonnets)
Offred begins a secret relationship with this character
Who is Nick
Offred’s best friend before Gilead?
Who is Moira?
This former country is where the story takes place before being reformed into the new regime
What is the United States
These objects are rarely available to Offred and symbolize her lost identity and self awareness
What are mirrors
Offred secretly plays this game with the Commander
What is scrabble
The novel warns about control through this institution
This Handmaid shops with Offred
Who is Ofglen?
The university the wall is a part of
What is Harvard
Flowers symbolize
Offred is taken to this illegal club by the Commander
What is Jezebel's
What is identity
A secret member of Mayday and helps Offred escape
Who is Nick
Women who cannot reproduce are sent to this toxic area
What are the colonies
The wall, where bodies are displayed symbolizes this form of control used by Gildead
What is fear/punishment
At the end, the commander and his wife assume Offred is taken away by this group
What is Eyes
This theme is shown through a society that uses strict laws, survelliance, and punishment to control every aspect of peoples lives
What is authoritarianism