The Women In The Handmaid's Tale

In The Handmaid’s Tale, the women of the Republic of Gilead has to adhere to strict rules presented by the society. The women were represented as instruments to reproduce offsprings in order to increase the population of Gilead, rather than actual humans with feelings and emotions. This quote that I selected was occurred after the speech given by the Commander at the Prayvaganza about how the Gilead society provides women with safety and comfort and allow them to “fulfill their biological destinies in peace.” Prayvaganza itself is quite controversial; Wives’ daughters as young as fourteen years old are placed in an arranged marriage without love in order to produce babies. After the Commander gave the speech, Offred thought to herself that when women are doing their role to “fulfill [the] biological destinies,” with an inquiring mind, they are able to ignore …show more content…
Since love was not an ideal within this society, it is important to try to look for ways to make this undurable event more bearable. Unlike Moira, Offred’s best friend from college, who is openly independent and defiant against the regime, Offred is quiet; even though she is also defiant in nature, she never outwardly rebelled against the society ideals of Gilead. Offred takes part in a secret organization known as Mayday who works to take down the Gilead regime through forms of silent protest and rebellion. Although, she resists the regime of Gilead in some way, she never tries to escape entirely. Moira, on the other hand, manages to run away from the Red Center and worked as a prostitute in club. In this quote, rather than rebelling by through force and physically stopping the Commander in the moment, Offred decides to zone out and think about other things around