Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale: Offred
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The creation of Offred, the passive narrator of Margaret Atwood's
The Handmaid's Tale, was intentional. The personality of the narrator in
this novel is almost as important as the task bestowed upon her. Atwood
chooses an average women, appreciative of past times, who lacks imagination
and fervo ....
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.... to the "possible future" that could result.
Offred is symbolic of "every woman". She was conventional in prior
times, married with one daughter, a husband and a career. She is
ambivalent to many things that may seem horrific to the reader. On page 93,
Offred is witness to Janine's confession of being raped. She doesn't
comment on how the blame is placed on Janine. Is this because Offred has
begun to accept the words of Aunt Lydia, or more likely, is she silent to
create emphasis on th ....
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