The Handmaid's Tale Character Map
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The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Lesson Plans by Kristy Littlehale
Margaret Atwood’s explosive dystopian novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, has seen a resurgence in popularity with the popular TV series released in 2017. Engage students with premade activities with Storyboard That.
Storyboard Text
- Slide: 1
- OFFRED
- Physical Traits:
- - 33 years old- pretty with brown hair- 5'7"- a mother and wife, but now a Handmaid
- Character Traits:
- - cautious; loves her daughter and Luke, her husband- acts meek, but can be sarcastic and angry- afraid of ending up on the Wall- seems to struggle with an internal rebellion
- Quote:
- "My name isn't Offred, I have another name, which nobody uses now because it's forbidden. I tell myself it doesn't matter, your name is like your telephone number, useful only to others; but what I tell myself is wrong, it does matter."
- Slide: 2
- THE COMMANDER
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- Slide: 3
- NICK
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- Slide: 4
- SERENA JOY
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- Slide: 5
- OFGLEN
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- Slide: 6
- MOIRA
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- Slide: 7
- AUNT LYDIA
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- Slide: 8
- LUKE
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