As it is the Commanders who set the laws of Gilead and despite this, it is made known to the narrator, Offred, which the Commanders do not abide by their own rules. Taken out of her natural surroundings, Offred is taken to a prohibited area nicknamed "The Club", where the Commanders are able to remember the times preceding Gilead and its harsh laws forbidding the act of adultery. The presence of the brothel allows international representatives to customise themselves with those in power and gives the Commanders an excuse to satisfy "Nature's Demand". This excuse is provided to the reader as well as the Commander's opinion " Nature demand's variety, for men Why did [women] buy so many different clothes to trick the men that they were several different women- (Page 249). As Offred later speculates, instead of one woman in different clothes, the Commanders simply have different women.
The Commander's total disregard of the laws of Gilead indicates to the reader that their occupations allow them to go behind their own laws and continue the adulterous lives that they had in the times before Gilead. To keep their secret society confidential, the Commanders need to enforce the suppression of all others below their rank. By doing this, the Commanders introduce the Handmaids so that they will be able to have exclusive access to fertile women. By controlling the reproduction rates, the Commanders are able to control the society of Gilead.
Not very well known in the Gileadean Republic, the Angels are the soldiers, men who are at the front line fighting for the glory of Gilead. Offred remembers the Angels being the guards at the Rachael and Leah Centre. " They were objects of fear to [the Handmaid's]- (Page 14). Those guards were specially picked from the ranks of the Angels to guard the future of Gilead. .
Due to the position of the narrator, there is little knowledge about the Angels given to the reader.