Some critics say that The Handmaid's Tale is a pure Science Fiction with little or no relevance to the actual society. Margaret Atwood wanted to show a way of how far contemporary errors lead to. Actually she took facts from today (the book was written in 1986), and imagine how could become...

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood possesses characteristics and techniques of the dystopian tradition. The novel also falls under the totalitarian dystopia category, incorporating symbolism, characterisation, imagery and motif into its horrific storyline. A Dystopia, like a Utopia, is an i...