i belive that margaret atwood at first tried to make luke and the commander have somewhat the same role as eachother to Offred. before Offred marries luke they have to sneak around because luke is already married. the same goes for the commander. Offred and the Commander have to sneak aroung behind Serena Joy’s back, not to “fool around” necessarily, but so that Offred can read and have hand lotion and do other things that are illegal for women to be doing. i realize that offred feels completly different about them. she loves luke and didnt much like the commander, but that wa why nick was there. nick was owned by the commander and through him helping the commander out with getting offred to the study, offred fell in love with him. after she fell in love with nick, nich became the new luke. however, before all of this, when luke and offred were fooling around behind luke’s wife’s back, offred would go to a hotel room and wait for luke. now, nick waits for offred in his room and offred is the one sneaking around behind the commanders back. Offred switches to lukes role when she falls in love with nick. could this be foreshadowing something?
