Moira

Summary

• Offred's oldest friend
• Survivor of the permissive society that existed before Gilead
• Spirited rebel
• A 'Discard', consigned to Jezebel's

Female rebel

• Moira is always known by her real name because she never became a Handmaid.
• Offred views her as the embodiment of female heroism.
• The Gileadean regime views her as a 'loose woman', a criminal element.
• Her story follows the conventional fictional pattern of rebellious figures.
• When Offred last sees her she's working in a prostitute at Jezebel's.
• Manages to express her protest against the regime through her work as a prostitute.
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