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context: as a "handmaid" in the home of "the Commander" and his wife Serena Joy, to bear a child for them (Serena Joy is believed to be infertile). Offred is a slave name that describes her function: she is "of Fred" (i.e., she belongs to Fred (presumed to be the name of the Commander), and is considered a concubine). In the novel, Offred says that she is "not" a concubine, but a tool; a "two legged womb". The Handmaids' names say nothing about who the women really are; their only identity is as the Commander's property. "Offred" is also a pun </s> Ofglen, Offred learns of the Mayday resistance, an underground network working to overthrow the Republic of Gilead. Shortly after Ofglen's disappearance (later revealed as a suicide), the Commander's wife finds evidence of the relationship between Offred and the Commander. Offred contemplates suicide. As the novel concludes, Offred tells Nick that she thinks she is pregnant. Shortly afterwards, she is taken away by men wearing the uniform of the secret police, the Eyes of God, known informally as "the Eyes". As she is led to a waiting van, Nick tells her to trust him and go with the men. It is </s> I (cuneiform) The cuneiform i sign is a common use vowel sign. It can be found in many languages, examples being the Akkadian language of the "Epic of Gilgamesh" (hundreds of years, parts of millenniums) and the mid 14th-century BC Amarna letters; also the Hittite language-(see table of Hittite cuneiform signs below). In the "Epic of Gilgamesh" it also has a minor usage as a sumerogram, I. The usage numbers from the Epic are as follows: "i"-(698), "I"-(1). As "i" and one of the four vowels in Akkadian (there is no "o"), scribes can easily use one sign (a vowel,
question: what is an i in the handmaid 's tale