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The Mayday Resistance is a secret fictional resistance movement in the dystopian_fiction novel and TV series[1] ''The Handmaid's Tale'', written by author Margaret Attwood. The group's objective is to work towards independence from control within the totalitarian and authoritarian society of Gilead.
| The Mayday Resistance | |
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| In-universe information | |
| Type | Secret clandestine cell |
| Location | Gilead |
| Key people | Dr Emily Malek-Ofglen, Ofsteven, Ofroy, Ofjoseph |
| Employees | Handmaids, Marthas, Guardians, Eyes(double agents) |
| Purpose | To oppose and bring down Gilead |
| Motto | "Nolite te bastardes carborundorum" |
| Affiliations | Underground femaleroad |
| Enemies | Totalitarianists |
Background[edit]
The Mayday Resistance is a secret resistance group set up by Handmaids[2][1] Guardians[2][1] and Marthas[2][1] in the dystopian Republic of Gilead to oppose and bring down the totalitarian, theonomic and neo-puritanical regime which takes over most of the United States of America within the novel The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret_Attwood. Due to declining fertility in post civil war America, fertile women have been enslaved in Gilead and forced to bare children for the ruling elite. Members of the resistance work together, passing messages through via code language to aid the freeing of such women to escape and be reunited with their children and families.
The narrator, Offred,lives in a hopelessly oppressive regime that has been established as the Republic of Gilead and then feels hope in the discovery that an underground network of resistance does in fact exist.
Motto[edit]
The inscription Nolite te bastardes carborundorum was discovered etched in the wall of the closet in Offred's room. Margaret Attwood comments on it's significance of helping Offred to fight as part of the resistance movement.[4]
Members[edit]
The Mayday Resistance Consists of an unknown amount of members from the Gileadean society including mainly Handmaids, Marthas and guardians, but also some of the controlling Eyes[2] acting as double agents.
Prominent Members[edit]
- Offred-June Osbourne
- Ofglen-Emily Malek
- Nick Blaine-Guardian and driver
- Rachel-Barmaid at Jezebel's
- Aunt Adrianna- young aunt and pearl girl
Communication[edit]
Members gain information from important members of the society of Gilead by acting as spies. The code word Mayday[5] is used in conversation between members
successes[edit]
A stack of letters documenting the voices of the enslaved women, silenced in Gilead makes it over the border and into Canada[6] where they can be used against the powers of Gilead,
Moira escapes to a refugee camp in Ontario[7]
notes[edit]
- ^ a b c d "The Handmaid's Tale". imdb.com.
- ^ a b c d Attwood, Margaret (2017). 'The Handmaid's Tale'. London: Vintage. ISBN 978-1-78487-318-9.
- ^ Gullick, Angela Michelle. "The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood: examining its utopian, dystopian, feminist and postmodernist traditions". digirep.iastate.edu.
- ^ "The Handmaid's Tale: The Strange History of "Nolite te Bastardes Carborundorum". Vanity Fair.com.
- ^ Attwood, Margaret (2017). 'The Handmaid's Tale'. London: Vintage. p. 202. ISBN 978-1-78487-318-9.
- ^ "The Handmaid;s tale "Smart Power" (TV episode 2018)". imdb.com.
- ^ "The Handmaid's Tale seaon 1 episode 9 The Bridge". imdb.com.