... have the women believe. The women are slaves, and their only rights lie in their restriction: they have been granted freedom from speech, freedom from choice, and freedom from identity. Like all slaves, the women are valued solely for the ways in which they perform each function for their captors. ... with each other, in case they come to prefer their own company and overturn the Gileadean system. Through both Offred's narrative and the historical notes at the end of the text it is revealed that the Republic of Gilead is meant to be a world of our immediate future, ... being a rapist an...

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• Grade Level: High School