Critical Quotes

• "Atwood's feminist concerns are plain here but so too are her concerns for basic human rights." - C Howell
• "The republic of Gilead justifies its sexist policies with the socio-biological theory of natural polygamy and justifies its racist and sexist policies as having a biblical precedent." - Coomi S. Vevaina
• "Offred's power is in language." - Carol Beran
• "Offred is politically complacent before the takeover." - Jenifer Wagner-Lawlor
• "The work women do, conspires to maintain the subjection of their own kind." - Patricia Goldblatt