Offred - Heroine or victim?
Students look at a number of key quotations from the novel, and decide whether each quotation portrays Offred as a heroine or a victim, or neither. They give each quotation a rating or 'score' and then discuss their ideas with a partner.
A great resource for stimulating lively class discussion and close textual analysis.
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Give Offred a rating in each column (from 0 to 5) depending on whether you think the quotation portrays her as a heroine or a victim, or neither. Then discuss your ratings with a partner.
'But a chair, sunlight, flowers: these are not to be dismissed. I am alive, I live, I breathe, I put my hand out, unfolded into the sunlight.' Ch. 2
Heroine
Victim
Neither
'But a chair, sunlight, flowers: these are not to be dismissed. I am alive, I live, I breathe, I put my hand out, unfolded into the sunlight.' Ch. 2
Heroine
Victim
Neither
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