With The Testaments, Margaret Atwood opens up the innermost workings of Gilead, as each woman is forced to come to terms with who she is, and how far she will go for what she believes.

The Testaments is Hulu's upcoming spin-off of The Handmaid's Tale, and here are all the characters that return in the novel (and hopefully the show). The Testaments is an upcoming spin-off of Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale, and the show will feature several returning characters from the original series.

The Handmaid's Tale is an American dystopian television series created by Bruce Miller, based on the 1985 novel of the same name by Canadian author Margaret Atwood.

It is the sequel to The Handmaid's Tale (1985). The novel is set 15 years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale. It is narrated by Aunt Lydia, a character from the previous novel; Agnes, a young woman living in Gilead; and Daisy, a young woman living in Canada.

Canadian author Margaret Atwood says the world's dynamic and uncertain political climate was the push she needed to write The Testaments - the long-awaited sequel to The Handmaid's Tale many fans had been seeking for more than 30 years.

Men, Gilead believes, are intelligent, sophisticated, and natural leaders, while women are presumed to be stupid, infantile, and weak, only fit for giving birth or doing chores in the home. Because of this belief, Gilead's laws strictly enforce gender roles and contradicting them is punishable by public execution.

At this point in The Testaments, Aunt Lydia has turned against Gilead and covertly feeds information to Hannah (known by her Gileadean name Agnes). Eventually, Hannah escapes Gilead with this information and is instrumental in bringing down the regime.

it's often said that there is no mention of Nick in The Testaments, but that's not true. he's never mentioned by name and the details are vague, but there is enough to tell us where his loyalties lie and what his ultimate fate was.

Atwood identifies herself as a feminist but has spoken about the importance of viewing this word in context. Atwood remarked in 1982, 'Feminist is now one of the allpurpose words. It really can mean anything from people who think men should be pushed off cliffs to people who think it's O.K. for women to read and write.

Hulu's series "The Handmaid's Tale" is based on Margaret Atwood's dystopian book by the same name. Atwood was inspired by biblical passages, Salem witch trials, and American politics in the 1980s. There seem to be references to historical events, like aristocrats giving birth in public spaces.

The novel's major conflict centers on Gilead's oppression of women and their consequent desire to topple the patriarchal regime to secure a better, freer future. Each of the three narrators worries about the attainability of such a future.

Lydia is fascinating. I'm so eager to hear other readers' interpretations of her character as portrayed in The Testaments. The Testaments is a powerful, engrossing read, and absolutely a worthy sequel to The Handmaid's Tale. Very thought-provoking, and very much worth reading.