Almost as soon as the execution ends, Aunt Lydia gathers all of the handmaids in a circle as the other women watch (Atwood, 2004). She explains to them that after the whistle blows then they are free to do what they want. The Guardians then drag in a man who had obviously been tortured already. Aunt Lydia tells them that the man was a rapist, he had raped two handmaids, one of whom had been pregnant, and that the rape had resulted in the loss of the baby. Offred feels a lot of anger towards the man. Aunt Lydia then blows the whistle, but the handmaids are hesitant initially. It is only once the man begins to protest his innocence that the handmaids attack. Ofglen is the first to react and kicks the prisoner in the head. Offred shouts at Ofglen upon seeing this but is later informed that the man was actually a member of the resistance and Ofglen was merely trying to knock him unconscious. The handmaids descend into a bloody frenzy, all their anger and frustrations taken out on one man.