"One of the grave stones in the cemetery near the earliest church had an anchor on it and an hourglass, and the words In Hope.
In Hope. Why did they put that above a dead person? Was it the corpse hoping, or those still alive? Does Luke hope (106)?"
Hope is a major theme that Atwood frequently emphasizes. Loss of hope and hope to continue on. Offred has hope that Luke is still alive and that everything will adjust itself eventually. All of the people fighting against the society hold some sort of hope. The phrase In Hope carved into the grave stone shows that hope lives on even after the holder of it dies.
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