Chapter 24

Question 1

Offred identity

Answer 1

Times a trap. I’m caught in it… my name is Offred, and here is where I live’

Question 2

Nazi woman descriptuon

Answer 2

Offreds recall about the woman Nazi women

Carefully made up -> over the top, plastic —> symbolic

Took pride in her appearance

‘He was not a monster to her’

Once beautiful —> relationship had taken its toll on her

Question 3

What happens to Offred at the end of the chapter and why might this be

Answer 3

—> starts laughing
—> hysteria

Comparison to epilepsy

Overwhelmed, conflict

Needs an emotional outlet