The Handmaid s Tale Tv Series By Margaret Atwood

Imagine waking up every day to a closet full of uniforms assigned specifically for you. You have no choice in what you wear and no freedom of expression. Imagine this clothing masks your personal identity, turning you into nothing but a faceless, nameless body. You are banned from reading and have no access to education. Imagine losing your belongings, your control over your finances, your freedom, your family, and finally, your name. Imagine that your worth is contingent upon your reproductive capabilities. This is the bleak dystopian reality portrayed in Hulu’s TV series, The Handmaids’ Tale. The show is not just another sci-fi fantasy. This show serves as a warning for viewers, reminding us that progress should not be taken for granted†¦show more content†¦Through the use of flashbacks, we are transported to a time close to our own. Life as we currently know it is portrayed on the screen complete with cell phones, food trucks, Uber ride sharing, cosmetics a nd nail polish. The women in the show have jobs and families. They go to work, drive cars and listen to music. They are allowed to read and have their own bank accounts. All of these things are considered normal and the value of the mundane is not fully realized until it has been stripped away. The characters continue about their daily lives, taking for granted the freedoms they enjoy. We watch as they slowly lose all their rights. The main character, known as Offred loses her job, her bank account, her family and her freedoms. None of these changes happen overnight. We hear the voice of Offred as she reflects upon the changes after what was supposed to be a temporary emergency suspension of the Constitution; â€Å"Now I m awake to the world. I was asleep before. That s how we let it happen. Nothing changes instantaneously. In a gradually heating bathtub, you d be boiled to death before you knew it (Reilly). The viewer almost can feel the loss of these privileges as we are suddenly transported back to Gilead, with its constantly gray skies and tense, repressed conversations. The show’s director, Reed Morano strove to convey through the show the similar feelings of loss and fear that she had after the bombing of the Twin