VIDHIGYA: The Journal of Legal Awareness
  • Year: 2024
  • Volume: 19
  • Issue: 1and2

Women in dystopian world: A study of the novel the handmaid's tale by margaret atwood

1Assistant Professor (Ph.D. English (Pursuing), M.Phil.) HRIT University, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India

Online published on 31 July, 2025.

Abstract

In several areas, women's conditions are far worse in the dystopian world. Culture and customs have bound women since antiquity. Being a woman in any society is challenging, regardless of ethnicity or demographics. However, things could worsen if dystopia arrives in the so-called progressive world. This study investigates the potentially harmful consequences of political and social anarchy in a country's ruling governments. An inquiry into whether the basics of women's equality and safety are already being violated and how unpleasant life may become for them in such a dismal society. Their freedom and individuality have been taken away. This paper aims to depict women's treatment in Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale. Although he desires to control the woman, a man can never live within the bounds. Men and women should be happy with their human status and fulfill their obligations.

Keywords

Individuality, Freedom, Dystopian World, Reproductive Enslaved Person, Gender Oppression