Characters in The Handmaid's Tale

Can you name all characters in Margaret Atwood's 1985 dystopian novel 'The Handmaid's Tale'?

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Description	Character
Protagonist and stream-of-consciousness narrator	Offred
Protagonist's companion on shopping trips	Ofglen
Pregnant Handmaid considered a suck-up to the system	Janine / Ofwarren
Minor Handmaid executed in 'Salvaging' section of novel	Ofcharles
Rebellious lesbian who ends up at Jezebel's	Moira
Handmaid who hung herself and wrote 'Nolite te bastardes carborundorum'	Offred's predecessor
Male leader of protagonist's'household'	The Commander
Highest-ranking female in protagonist's 'household'	The Commander's Wife
Other Handmaids at Red Centre (Chapter 1)	Alma
Other Handmaids at Red Centre (Chapter 1)	Dolores
Guardian who has an illegal affair with protagonist and (possibly) helps her gain her freedom	Nick
Protagonist's former husband involved in protagonist's flashbacks	Luke

Description	Character
Protagonist receives a photograph of her	Offred's daughter
Fiery feminist activist involved in flashbacks to pre-Gilead protest rallies	Offred's mother
Older of the two Marthas	Rita
Younger of the two Marthas	Cora
Most vocal of the Aunts in the Red Centre	Aunt Lydia
Aunt who is taken hostage and whose clothes are stolen by an escapee Handmaid	Aunt Elizabeth
Ask protagonist if they may take a photo of her and if she is happy	Japanese tourists
Other Aunts	Aunt Sara
Other Aunts	Aunt Helena
Chairs the Twelfth Symposium on Gileadean Studies	Professor Maryann Crescent Moon
Guest speaker at the above Symposium	Professor James Darcy Pieixoto
Co-discoverer of the Handmaid's Tale tapes	Professor Knotly Wade

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