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  1. Oct 2024
    1. Dear God, I think, I will do anything you like.

      String of Declaratives + Anaphora : Finally, even her mental resistance has finally gone, signalling the end of her story -- mind and body has been both subjected to Gilead.

      The string of declaratives and the fact that the repetition of the anaphora "I'll" is a final show of power. She is showing her active will of submission -- not that she is forced to submit but that she is, on her own will, submitting. In this way it is not only a show of power but a transformation of Offred's fiestyness with Moira in her to her most submissive self, becoming finally a true believer.

    2. I don't wantto see it anymore. I look at the grass instead. I describe the rope.

      Contrast to the peacefulness and acceptance of her visits at the wall, in which she does not distract herself from the figures. It seems she has finally snapped, finally decided she is sick of all that goes on -- which signifies an ending to this story.

    3. I dismiss these uneasy whispers. I talk too much. I tell him things Ishouldn't.

      She is aware what she is doing is out of place and her realism is gone. She is a lot less realistic without Moira.

    4. I told you it was bad

      She is different now, she is less composed, less cautious -- Does this have anything to do with Moira gone? Her wisdom is gone?

    5. "Don't worry about me," she says. She must know some of what I'mthinking. "I'm still here, you can see it's me.

      Does this mark some end of her, some change? Because Moira has such a big influence on her driving force, and now Moira is changed? Also, because Moira "must know some of what I'm thinking", without her saying it, she is acting as a foil, a double, a twin spirit