The Handmaid's Tale
Playing scrabble seems like an absurdly trivial form of transgression; why is it significant in this setting?
Chapter 23
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Chapter 23
Society is controlled largely through language that is Biblical. Secular words and phrases mean ideas that may not be shared by the state so a game like Scrabble is forbidden. The Commander has a game and plays it with Offred. Women are forbidden to read at all.