Keeping the faith: How hardship led to enlightenment in The Handmaid's Tale

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Get it over, she says." but Offred keeps on going. She realizes her freedom that she has made around her, but at the same time knows her physical being traps her. She comes to terms with the choice of suicide, but knows that this would be a hollow victory...
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She realizes her freedom that she has made around her, but at the same time knows her physical being traps her. She comes to terms with the choice of suicide, but knows that this would be a hollow victory. And decides to stay and pay for her "crimes"...
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