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| wear green; old ladies that can no longer have children; servant |
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| where the unwomen go; places that need to to be cleaned up or fixed |
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| a woman who is sent to the colonies or killed; has no purpose |
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| used for "routine policing" |
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| place to trade items and goods |
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| type of car that is expensive |
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| spies; watch over the republic and try to figure out who is breaking the rules |
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| events where people in the republic get hanged |
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| used for group weddings; a mother gives away her daughter in an arranged marriage to a much older man |
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| transports the handmaids to watch a birth; kind of like an ambulance because it has sirens |
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| a woman with healthy ovaries who is not married and is assigned to a commander to have sex with once a month in order to hopefully get pregnant and have a baby to belong to the commander and his wife |
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| wives of men that did not have power for money therefore these men were not assigned a handmaid; these wives were basically "normal wives: and could have kids |
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| store where the handmaids order dresses |
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| where the handmaids live and are trained; it is red because that's teh color they wear |
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| place where dead bodies are hung up on hooks--an actual wall so the whole republic can see |
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| train and keep watch of all the handmaids |
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| time when the handmaids talk about any issues they might be having |
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| the commander has sex with the handmaid in the presence of his wive |
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| van with machines and mobile doctors |
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| place with rachines called "holy rollers" that print out prayers |
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| system that all the money went through |
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| necessary passes to get through a check point |
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| a ceremony where handmaids are supposed to physically hurt someone that has committed a crime against another woman |
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| offed's best friend from college; lesbian |
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| this person's instructions haunt offred daily |
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| offred's shopping partner |
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| servant in the commander's household |
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| had an affair with offred while he was married with another woman; offred frequently has flashbacks to their time together |
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| a martha in the commander's household |
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