Atwood’s the handmaid’s tale
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2020
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UMT, Lahore
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To consider woman as a mere commodity has been the tradition en-rooted in each society. Margaret Atwood in her novel The Handmaid’s Tale highlights the oppression of women in a broad range. She not only highlights their agony but also pin points how women were being caged in the Gilead society which is representative of the world at large. Through the lens of feminist dystopia and the character of Offred the research aims to analyze the suffering of women and how society perceives and treats them as an object. Furthermore, this research evaluates the linkages of the events in the novel with Pakistan under Former President General Zia-ul-haq and present era to show that while the character of Offred maybe fictional, what she undergoes, as a woman is the everyday reality of women in Pakistan but also worldwide. Due to the historical and political links of this research with past and present day Pakistan, it also explores the impact of feminist movement like Aurat March in conservative society like Pakistan.