The Handmaids Tale
Book • 1985 • Sci-Fi
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No, but there are talks about hanging corpses
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its indirect, but clearly implied
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"Luke found the cat, who was hiding under our bed . . . he went into the garage with her."
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Cat is implied to be killed.
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The protagonist's only use is to be impregnated, so she has to copulate with a man she doesn't like, but she doesn't cry or yell, just goes into derealisation
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evilinette
The handmaid before Offred hanged herself
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Does an LGBT person die?
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It's not a main part of the story, but it's said that two men were hanged bc their relationship "was against god's will"
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