Offred suggests that it is “easy,” when you know an evil person on a personal level, to “invent a humanity” for them. It is a “temptation,” she says, meaning that no one wants to believe that …

The irony is that not all men feel empowered in Gilead; many are also oppressed and lack freedom. This quote highlights the regime’s failure to address the real issues and its damaging …

As season 3 of the gripping TV adaptation of The Handmaid’s Tale gets ever closer and publication of the sequel, The Testaments, approaches, we revisit 9 quotes from Marget …

Jul 17, 2025 · Published in 1985, Atwood's dystopian classic has resurged due to its Hulu series, but these top The Handmaid's Tale quotes come from the book. 1. “There is more than one …

It symbolises how, just like the mistress, Offred wants to create a humanity for the Commander, she wants to believe that he is a good person, in order to survive, even though she knows that …

Aug 8, 2023 · Could anyone please explain it? It means that it would be tempting for anyone to have the power to create an entire society. In an argument with June he says: “How tempting it …

Margaret Atwood — ‘How easy it is to invent a humanity, for anyone at all. What an available temptation. A big child, she would have said to herself. Her...

“But people will do anything rather than admit that their lives have no meaning. No use, that is. No plot.”

Feb 7, 2017 · Her heart would have melted, she’d have smoothed the hair back from his forehead, kissed him on the ear, and not just to get something out of him either. The instinct to soothe, to …

Jun 6, 2019 · “How tempting it is to invent a humanity for anyone at all,” Commander Lawrence says, in one of the show’s uglier sentences – the erasure of the individual.