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1
Q

Offered

A

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’

2
Q

Moira

A

Offreds oldest friend

Openly declared lesbian

Rebell- she’s knocked down

3
Q

Serena joy

A

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

4
Q

Other commanders wife

A

Gossip

‘White cotton socks… fuzzy material’

5
Q

The aunts

A

Older women

Evil

6
Q

Janine

A

Rachel and Leah centre

Her fault

Victim before and after

Burnt out miserable tears

7
Q

Offreds mum

A

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

8
Q

Nick

A

Eye

Mayday

Passive

Sketchy

9
Q

Like

A

Tried to help family escape

Fragmented

Stopped dead in time

Liberated
Courage
Humour