Handmaid’s Tale Essays

Margaret Atwood’s novel “The Handmaid’s Tale” is about Gilead in a dystopia where women, under the guise of religion, were treated as sub-humans. The women had no self-identity and played handmaids, Econowives, wives, and Martha’s roles. The women survived in a highly patriarchal society that saw them stripped of their individuality, including their original names. ... Read More