Match List – I with List – II.

List – I (Character)	List – II (Novel)
(A) Sethe	(I) The Handmaid’s Tale
(B) Okonkwo	(II) Beloved
(C) Offred	(III) Things Fall Apart
(D) Winston Smith	(IV) Nineteen Eighty-Four

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

The correct option is (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(IV).

Let us verify the matching of each character with their respective novel step-by-step:

1. (A) Sethe matches with (II) Beloved:
Sethe is the protagonist of Toni Morrison's 1987 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Beloved. She is a former enslaved woman who escaped from Sweet Home plantation and is haunted by the trauma of slavery and the ghost of her daughter.

2. (B) Okonkwo matches with (III) Things Fall Apart:
Okonkwo is the central character of Chinua Achebe's classic 1958 novel, Things Fall Apart. He is a tragic hero, an influential leader, and a wrestling champion in the fictional Nigerian clan of Umuofia, whose life falls apart due to personal struggles and the onset of British colonialism.

3. (C) Offred matches with (I) The Handmaid's Tale:
Offred is the narrator and protagonist of Margaret Atwood's 1985 dystopian novel, The Handmaid’s Tale. She is one of the few fertile women (Handmaids) remaining in the Republic of Gilead, forced to bear children for the ruling commanders.

4. (D) Winston Smith matches with (IV) Nineteen Eighty-Four:
Winston Smith is the protagonist of George Orwell's famous 1949 dystopian novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four. He is a minor party worker in the Ministry of Truth who rebels against the oppressive totalitarian regime led by Big Brother.

Combining these connections, we get:
(A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), and (D)-(IV), which corresponds to the first option.