Monday 1 November 2010

The Handmaid's Tale:
Character: Aunt Lydia
Aunt Lydia, as all the other Aunts, are assigned to indocrinate the Handmaid's with the belief of the new society and make the Handmaid's accept their fates. Aunt Lydia works in the "Red Centre" where women like Offred go for instruction before becoming Handmaid's. Aunt Lydia's flashbacks are only seen by Offred, the instruction haunt Offred in her life. Aunt Lydia's slogans drum the ideology into the women's heads, they hear Gilead's words echoing in their heads as Offred remembers what Aunt Lydia said about Gilead. Aunt Lydia has once said to Offred that "Gilead is within you".

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