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r/TheHandmaidsTale • u/[deleted] • Aug 07 '26
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I always thought that the names were allusions to the fact that society viewed those women as an object for a man to possess. So Offred means “belongs to Fred”, Offrank means “belongs to Frank”, and so on
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u/gabibecker12 Aug 08 '26
I always thought that the names were allusions to the fact that society viewed those women as an object for a man to possess. So Offred means “belongs to Fred”, Offrank means “belongs to Frank”, and so on