The Testaments

The Testaments

by

Margaret Atwood

James Darcy Pieixoto Character Analysis

James Pieixoto is a historian and professor who speaks at a symposium on Gilead history in 2197. The transcript of Pieixoto’s speech confirms that Gilead did fall in the years after Aunt Lydia’s document cache was released, and it also reveals that Agnes and Nicole are the escaped Handmaid Offred’s daughters.
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James Darcy Pieixoto Character Timeline in The Testaments

The timeline below shows where the character James Darcy Pieixoto appears in The Testaments. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Epilogue: The Thirteenth Symposium
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After some opening remarks, Professor James Darcy Pieixoto gives a keynote address at the Thirteenth Symposium on Gileadean Studies in Maine in June... (full context)
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Pieixoto goes on to explain that he believes Agnes and Nicole’s mother to be Offred, the... (full context)