Moira - The Handmaid's Tale - Character analysis in A Level and IB English Language & Literature


	Personality	Role
	rebellious fights the regime More conventionally seen as an heroine	ideal to Offred - provides her with comfort and a sense of safety through her presence Moira is linked to the Handmaid of the message in the cupboard Moira is linked to Offred's Mother Contrast with Offred - Moira is courageous
	Development (Growth & change)	Other information
	Moira is defeated at the end of the novel - Jezebel's weakens her personality her motives to escape are selfish and she never seeks to bring down the regime	There is a Bomb in Gilead Moira had a bad reputation She is a cunning and dangerous woman What I hear in her voice is indifference, a lack of volition Moira was our fantasy

ideal to Offred - provides her with comfort and a sense of safety through her presence
Moira is linked to the Handmaid of the message in the cupboard
Moira is linked to Offred's Mother
Contrast with Offred - Moira is courageous

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