The Handmaids Tale
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The abandoned, frozen-in-time house is a trope of the dystopian genre.
The promise of a big house and a taste of power.
Humans are that bad.
AndHandmaids Taleis still better than any other show on television at expressing that distinct horror.
Things in Gilead, as in America, are getting worse.
The more resistance an autocracy receives from within, the broader the scope of punishable offenses becomes.
Nice guy, that one.)
June, it seems, is cooperating to make it buy herself time.
Can Lawrence really, as she says, get them all out?
Or rather, if the chance arises, will he?
Did she intentionally run over a Guardian?
Did she stab her supervisor in the back?
Did she then throw her down a staircase?
Every month, she said to Mrs. OConner, you held a woman down and your husband raped her.
Is Emily really safe?
If Baby Nichole can be shipped back to Gilead as a bargaining chip, cant anyone?
Is there any place on Earth that is safe from the clasp of a mighty military with long arms?
It was never really possible that June would sneak Hannah out of her Brookline school, was it?
How would she have gotten a Pepto-pink-clad little girl Gileads most precious cargo back to the Lawrences?
And from there, how would they have fled to Canada?
With bipolar, she says, they were always adjusting my dosage.
But shes keen on an adventure, especially when it entails helping June reunite with her own daughter.
Of course, the plan falls apart at the school.
The Guardian theyve been told to seek out isnt on duty.
The other Guardians are suspicious of a strange Wife showing up and demanding a tour.
And they keep June locked out.
Back at another hanging, the situation goes from bad to worse.
The Mackenzies are gone, says Ofrobert, and nobody knows where.
Now Junes information about Hannah is useless another escape attempt may be impossible.
For a moment, it looks like June will refuse to hold the rope and carry out the sentence.
But shes grown, in some ways, smarter.
Death lies at the other end of another refusal.
You should be thankful, she says.
Your temptations been lifted.
She told Aunt Lydia and then claims, We saved you.
You fucking bitch isnt the most clever retort from June, but it makes the most damn sense.
