Resisting Patriarchy in Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale

Abstract

Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, portrays the male-dominated society in which female characters gradually resist against it. All the female characters are oppressed and victimized by the Republic of Gilead, but within these circumstances they try to rebel and resist the society. The female characters that once oppressed and victimized, hopes for the bright future and rebels silently against the regime, for example: Offred’s secret involvement with Nick, her desire to play the Scrabble, recording her story in an audiotape, secretly reading the books, Moira’s attempt to run away from the Red center and involvement with the Underground Femaleroad and many other factors. This leads them towards the resistance against the patriarchal society.