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Where is Offred taken?
The doctors
Who takes her?
A Guardian
How does the doctor offer to 'help' her?
To secretly impregnate her
"I almost gasp: he's said a forbidden word. Sterile. There is no such thing as a sterile man anymore, not officially. There are only women who are fruitful and women who are barren, that's the law." - What do we learn about Gilead here?
The fertility problem is not just because of the women, although this truth is banned.
"The knowledge of his power hangs nevertheless in the air" - What power does the doctor hold over her?
"He could fake the tests, report me for cancer, for infertility, have me shipped off to the Colonies, with the Unwomen.."
Why do you think Offred is tempted? Why do you think she refuses?
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