The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood is a cautionary tale. It touches on the dangers of making unquestioned assumptions about gender relations, even within the feminist movement. The women in the tale had lost a lot of power. They had lost what naturally considers them humans. They lost their rights, their power, and their freedom. They were not permitted to have their own possessions, can’t read magazines, no friendships, and no relationships whatsoever. …showed first 75 words of 842 total…

…showed last 75 words of 842 total…chain of power. Women had suffered a whole lot and had no title in life. The message of The Handmaid’s Tale is to show the difference when running a society with gender roles and inequality. The structure of Gilead divides and conquers women by assigning them to categories of unequal power. Therefore, the novel is an unfinished story again. Perhaps, the ambiguous ending symbolizes the incomplete project of establishing equality between men and women.