When put into the lenses of Lois Tyson’s feminist criticism, Atwood’s novel becomes a distorted image of the real conditions suffered by women in fundamental societies. The roles of domesticity in the form of Offred, her views, and the means of conceiving children for the Commander and his wife, can all be redefined through Tyson’s literary criticism to expand the concept of antifeminist bias further and thus expand the novel’s attributes in the conditions which separate men and women. …show more content…
It becomes evident that citing Atwood’s novel provides a distinct explanation of how the dystopian society uses women – not men – as the commodity. It seems as though Atwood tries to challenge the reader’s acceptance of the social constructivism implied in the novel. Offred, together with other handmaids, where used by the elite society as conceiving vessels but they are not given the equal treatment of getting married, having their child on their terms, and being