Description of her feminine bedroom.
"They've removed anything you can tie a rope to", someone killed self before. The thought of killing self is obviously very tempting. Window also only opens partly, probably child locked, prevents jumping out. Picture with no glass frame.
Aunt Lydia describes as army.
"Like other things now, thought must be rationed." What's happened?
"Thinking can hurt your chances, and I intend to last." What's going on?
"It isn't running away they're afraid of. We wouldn't get far. It's those other escapes, the ones you can open in yourself, given a cutting edge." Is this a prison?
"The circumstances have been reduced; for those of us who still have circumstances."
"Where I am is not a prison but a privilege" what do others have to put up with?
"The colour of blood, which defines us." Why?
Handmaids heavily clothed, minimal skin.
Door has coloured glass = red & blue, handmaid & commander's wife?
Narrator gets "tokens" from Rita, a Martha.
Flashback to hearing Martha's talking about Handmaids. Would rather be "Unwoman".
"In the houses of the Commanders there is still real coffee" as though this is a luxury
Dreams of gossiping with Marthas.
"I hunger to touch something, other than cloth or wood" Lonely.

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Summary of The Handmaid's Tale