The Handmaid's Tale Page #3
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- 1990
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Don't let her get away
with that sh*t.
That stuff is catching.
# I'll be walking
by the river#
# With my serenity #
# Thank we,
dear God, for the river #
# And for true virginity #
# Bless us maids,
God bless us #
You are going out
to fulfill your life...
On this day of consecration,
you would do well to remember...
by what deadly steps
you were brought here...
the folly of mankind,
and of womankind as well.
Sexual promiscuity,
widespread abortion...
birth control,
test-tube babies...
genetic engineering.
AUNT LYDIA:
Quick, get an ambulance.
PREACHER:
Genetic engineering,artificial insemination...
God, in his profound compassion,
has seen fit to punish us.
To send a plague of barrenness,
a desert of infertility.
You have been given
this precious gift.
ALL:
Precious gift.You are fertile.
You can give birth.
- Precious gift.
- You can give birth.
You can give birth
for our country.
ALL:
Oh, precious gift.May the Lord open.
ALL:
May the Lord open.Let the Handmaids ascend.
You will look neither
to the right, nor to the left.
You will remain
steadfast and true.
We pledge allegiance
to the Bible.
The Old Testament shall be our
sole and only constitution.
I pronounce you Handmaids
in the sight of God. Amen.
Blessed be the fruit.
Thanks.
She's up there.
WOMAN:
Is that her? Send her up.
Cora or Rita
will bring your meals.
There's everything you need.
Any questions?
Are you clear
about the ceremony?
About the form...
of the ceremony?
Yes, I'm clear.
As for the Commander...
he's my husband.
Fred is my husband
till death do us part.
It's one of the things
we fought for.
Your name is Offred.
Say it.
Offred.
Yes. Of-fred.
You may call me Serena...
Serena Joy.
Good.
Thank you.
[ Nails scratching glass ]
Mommy.
Mommy.
Mommy.
[ Sniffling ]
Resettlement of the
Children of Han
is continuing on schedule.
20,000 have arrived this week
in the national homeland fine,
with another 10,000 in transit.
Team of Eyes, working
with an inside informant...
has cracked an
underground espionage ring.
This ring is suspected
across the border,
out of the country.
These women have been chosen
by God to fulfill His task.
They are our
most precious resource.
No defection will be tolerated.
We are weeding out the traitors.
We are weeding out the Godless.
We are winning God's fight.
COMMANDER:
Book of "Genesis," chapter 30.
"And Rachel had no children,
and Rachel said..."
"Give me children,
or else I shall die.
"Behold my maid Bilhah.
"Go in unto her...
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