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Oates, Joyce Carol (2 November 2006). "Margaret Atwood's Tale". The New York Review of Books. Archived from the original on 10 April 2016 . Retrieved 29 March 2016. Nally, Claire (31 May 2017). "How The Handmaid's Tale is being transformed from fantasy into fact". The Independent. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022 . Retrieved 18 June 2017. Allen, David (10 May 2019). "Review: The Handmaid's Tale Is a Brutal Triumph as Opera". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 11 May 2019 . Retrieved 11 May 2019. Hines, Molly (2006). Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale": Fundamentalist religiosity and the oppression of women (MA thesis). Angelo State University. ProQuest 304914133. It is implied that a total genocide has been committed against Native Americans living in territories under the rule of Gilead. Jews were given a choice between converting to the state religion or being "repatriated" to Israel. Converts who were subsequently discovered with any symbolic representations or artifacts of Judaism were executed, and the repatriation scheme was privatized, with the result that many Jews died en route to Israel.Atwood 1998, An Interview: "Q: We can figure out that the main character lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts." The Handmaid's Tale Study Guide: About Speculative Fiction". Gradesaver. 22 May 2009. Archived from the original on 16 June 2014 . Retrieved 23 May 2009.

The fertile women are objects used primarily as a container for procreation, a natural resource of the time in the terrifying Republic of Gilead, and THE HANDMAIDS TALE is primarily Offred's oppressive story of loss, loneliness, grief and the forbidden touch of love. I don’t remember enough of the original novel to say if anything has been changed in this adaptation, but I’m guessing not much, except for necessary condensation, as with the main character’s relationship with her owners’ chauffeur; the “historical note” at the end; and there not being full explanations of several concepts. Perry, Douglas (30 December 2014). "Margaret Atwood and the 'Four Unwise Republicans': 12 surprises from the legendary writer's Reddit AMA". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016 . Retrieved 29 March 2016. a b c " The Handmaid's Tale Study Guide: Character List". Gradesaver. 22 May 2009. Archived from the original on 14 May 2009 . Retrieved 23 May 2009.I find the graphic presentation quite appealing as against to the entire story. I find the artwork really mesmerizing. The art sequence, the dialogue presentation, the combination of colours and the way the art's been polished. Damn. That's the whole deal.