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* AmputativeHistory: One of the punishments enforced by Gilead is removal of limbs. Women reading is punishable by them losing a finger, then a hand if they continue. [[spoiler:Even a Wife like Serena is not spared this when she reads the Bible in front of a court of Commanders. Warren Putnam also undergoes the surgical removal of his hand as punishment for his sins. Note that Serena is implied to have had her finger removed painfully, while Putnam's amputation was done while he was medically unconscious, further emphasizing Gilead's double standard in their punishments.]]
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* AmputativeHistory: AmputativeSentencing: One of the punishments enforced by Gilead is removal of limbs. Women reading is punishable by them losing a finger, then a hand if they continue. [[spoiler:Even a Wife like Serena is not spared this when she reads the Bible in front of a court of Commanders. Warren Putnam also undergoes the surgical removal of his hand as punishment for his sins. Note that Serena is implied to have had her finger removed painfully, while Putnam's amputation was done while he was medically unconscious, further emphasizing Gilead's double standard in their punishments.]]
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* TheEiffelTowerEffect: As with seemingly anything taking place in Boston these days, there's the obligatory scene at Fenway Park. However, this scene is significantly more disturbing than watching the Red Sox -- it's used in a mock hanging to punish defiant Handmaids.
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* TheEiffelTowerEffect: EiffelTowerEffect: As with seemingly anything taking place in Boston these days, there's the obligatory scene at Fenway Park. However, this scene is significantly more disturbing than watching the Red Sox -- it's used in a mock hanging to punish defiant Handmaids.
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* AnArmAndALeg: One of the punishments enforced by Gilead is removal of limbs. Women reading is punishable by them losing a finger, then a hand if they continue. [[spoiler:Even a Wife like Serena is not spared this when she reads the Bible in front of a court of Commanders. Warren Putnam also undergoes the surgical removal of his hand as punishment for his sins. Note that Serena is implied to have had her finger removed painfully, while Putnam's amputation was done while he was medically unconscious, further emphasizing Gilead's double standard in their punishments.]]
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* AnArmAndALeg: AmputativeHistory: One of the punishments enforced by Gilead is removal of limbs. Women reading is punishable by them losing a finger, then a hand if they continue. [[spoiler:Even a Wife like Serena is not spared this when she reads the Bible in front of a court of Commanders. Warren Putnam also undergoes the surgical removal of his hand as punishment for his sins. Note that Serena is implied to have had her finger removed painfully, while Putnam's amputation was done while he was medically unconscious, further emphasizing Gilead's double standard in their punishments.]]
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* ActorAllusion:
** Moira at Jezebel's is going by the name "Ruby". Ruby is the name of Daisy's cat in ''Film/GirlInterrupted'', whom Moss' character adopts at the end of the film.
** Commander Winslow's wife Olivia shares a first name with Detective Stabler's partner from ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit''.
** Moira at Jezebel's is going by the name "Ruby". Ruby is the name of Daisy's cat in ''Film/GirlInterrupted'', whom Moss' character adopts at the end of the film.
** Commander Winslow's wife Olivia shares a first name with Detective Stabler's partner from ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit''.
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* DoubleStandard: June's husband is blase about her bank account being shut down as he tells her she can just use his, not understanding that although they love and trust one another it means a horrific loss of independence for her.
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** In 'Late' June remembers in the days when Gilead was just asserting its' power taking part in a mass protest against their oppression of women. But the marchers are simply ruthlessly gunned down by Gilead's soldiers, civil disobedience helpless against a regime that is quite prepared to kill all who oppose it.
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A 2017 {{Creator/Hulu}} TV series based upon the novel ''Literature/TheHandmaidsTale'', by Creator/MargaretAtwood.
TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, the world is suffering from a population crisis. All pregnancies have a one in five chance of surviving. In the midst of this crisis, the United States of America has been taken over by an extremist Christian regime and is now the nation of Gilead. All women are now second-class citizens. If anyone is caught breaking the laws by an Eye--such as a woman reading anything at all, or "gender treachery" i.e. homosexuality--swift punishment will follow, including but not limited to amputation, genital mutilation, or forced labor in the post-war wasteland of the "Colonies."
Fertile women who were not in compliance with Gilead's laws prior to the takeover have been forced to become Handmaids--as taken from the Biblical tale of Jacob, Rachel, and Rachel's handmaid Bilhah. Each Handmaid is owned by a Commander, and is thusly named after him: Ofjoseph, Ofmathew, Ofdaniel. Once a month, the Handmaid will be ceremonially raped by her Commander in hopes of siring a child. If the child lives, the Handmaid will wean them and then be sent to the next Commander. If too much time passes with no pregnancy, the Handmaid will be sent to the Colonies.
TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, the world is suffering from a population crisis. All pregnancies have a one in five chance of surviving. In the midst of this crisis, the United States of America has been taken over by an extremist Christian regime and is now the nation of Gilead. All women are now second-class citizens. If anyone is caught breaking the laws by an Eye--such as a woman reading anything at all, or "gender treachery" i.e. homosexuality--swift punishment will follow, including but not limited to amputation, genital mutilation, or forced labor in the post-war wasteland of the "Colonies."
Fertile women who were not in compliance with Gilead's laws prior to the takeover have been forced to become Handmaids--as taken from the Biblical tale of Jacob, Rachel, and Rachel's handmaid Bilhah. Each Handmaid is owned by a Commander, and is thusly named after him: Ofjoseph, Ofmathew, Ofdaniel. Once a month, the Handmaid will be ceremonially raped by her Commander in hopes of siring a child. If the child lives, the Handmaid will wean them and then be sent to the next Commander. If too much time passes with no pregnancy, the Handmaid will be sent to the Colonies.
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A 2017 {{Creator/Hulu}} TV series based upon the novel ''Literature/TheHandmaidsTale'', ''Literature/TheHandmaidsTale'' by Creator/MargaretAtwood.
TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, the world is suffering from a population crisis. All pregnancies have a one in five chance of surviving. In the midst of this crisis, the United States of America has been taken over by an extremist Christian regime and is now the nation of Gilead. All women are now second-class citizens. If anyone is caught breaking the laws by anEye--such Eye -- such as a woman reading anything at all, or committing "gender treachery" i.(i.e. homosexuality--swift homosexuality) -- swift punishment will follow, including but not limited to amputation, genital mutilation, or forced labor in the post-war wasteland of the "Colonies."
Fertile women who were not in compliance with Gilead's laws prior to the takeover have been forced to becomeHandmaids--as Handmaids, as taken from the Biblical tale of Jacob, Rachel, and Rachel's handmaid Bilhah. Each Handmaid is owned by a Commander, and is thusly named after him: Ofjoseph, Ofmathew, Ofdaniel. Once a month, the Handmaid will be ceremonially raped by her Commander in hopes of siring a child. If the child lives, the Handmaid will wean them and then be sent to the next Commander. If too much time passes with no pregnancy, the Handmaid will be sent to the Colonies.
TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, the world is suffering from a population crisis. All pregnancies have a one in five chance of surviving. In the midst of this crisis, the United States of America has been taken over by an extremist Christian regime and is now the nation of Gilead. All women are now second-class citizens. If anyone is caught breaking the laws by an
Fertile women who were not in compliance with Gilead's laws prior to the takeover have been forced to become
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* NonUniformUniform: Deconstructed in the background. The individual Handmaids' and Wives' dresses all have the same silhouette and distinct color, but to ''achieve'' the same silhouette on different body types, there are subtle differences between them. While pregnant, Offred even wears an ordinary sweatshirt in Handmaid red while Emily's red uniform dress is fitted across the back, and while the svelte Mrs. Waterford and Mrs. Putnam have high, loose ribbon collars and sleeves, a more full-figured Wife shown later in season 2 has a sleek teal jacket with a band collar to create the same elegant shape. Perhaps tellingly, the Commanders wear a true military uniform.
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* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Of all the horrific things about Gilead, institutionalized rape is by the far the most terrifying.
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* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Of all the horrific things about Gilead, institutionalized rape is by the far the most terrifying. The use of rape as a theme gradually comes to deconstruct the trope by dicing the "special evil" up by degrees of violation; the Ceremony is [[LieBackAndThinkOfEngland a miserable, disgusting]] experience, but it's the least-miserable, least-disgusting form of it we see on screen. [[spoiler: Offred's forcible rape to "induce labor" is treated as a corruption of something already inherently corrupt and a worse violation, as her pregnancy is otherwise her only shield against violence. Esther's repeated rapes by the men her husband effectively pimped her to is made worse by her youth and the fact that her status as a Wife saw her treated as even ''more'' consumable than a Handmaid for being the Commander's personal property, not a provider of a ritualized service, and when she does become a Handmaid, even that doesn't protect her. There are sex slaves dressed in the baby-pink girl-children's outfits in Jezebel's, which tells us there's a sexual demand for children among the Commanders, who strive to obtain children of their own. RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil and there are a lot of ways to make it very, very special.]]
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** An apartment door in Canada has the number 451. This is a reference to Fahrenheit 451- another dystopian novel.
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** An apartment door in Canada has the number 451. This is a reference to Fahrenheit 451- another 451--another dystopian novel. novel.
** While Luke's last name wasn't given in the novel, in the TV series it's "Bankole," the name of a main character from the similarly dystopian ''Literature/ParableOfTheSower''.
** While Luke's last name wasn't given in the novel, in the TV series it's "Bankole," the name of a main character from the similarly dystopian ''Literature/ParableOfTheSower''.
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* FriendsRentControl: As refugees in Canada, the main characters occupy fairly large, well-kept houses in the suburbs of Toronto, which in RealLife are absolutely unachievable for the average middle-class earner. One possible explanation might be the real estate market plummeting due to the population crisis.
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The series premiered on Hulu in April 2017. The series quickly exploded in popularity, and a second season released in April 2018. Due to the original novel being covered in the first season, everything from the second season onward is AdaptationExpansion. A third season released in June 2019. A fourth season came out in April 2021--production halted soon after its beginning in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and resumed in September 2020. It was confirmed in December 2020 that the series had also been given an early grant of a fifth season.
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The series premiered on Hulu in April 2017. The series quickly exploded in popularity, and a second season released in April 2018. Due to the original novel being covered in the first season, everything from the second season onward is AdaptationExpansion. A third season released in June 2019. A fourth season came out in April 2021--production halted soon after its beginning in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and resumed in September 2020. It was confirmed in December 2020 that the series had also been given an early grant of a The fifth season began releasing in September 2022, alongside the confirmation of a sixth and final season.
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** Just plain being a Handmaid is considered this, considering how many are DrivenToSuicide to escape their condition like Offred's predecessor, [[spoiler:Janine, Lillie and June herself tries it]]. One econowife, Heather, says that she'd sooner die than become one which [[spoiler:becomes tragic when she becomes a Handmaid after her husband is discovered helping a fugitive June, being a crypto-Muslim and having a son, therefore fertile]]. Also consider that after they are no longer of use, they will be sent to the Colonies...
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** Just plain being a Handmaid is considered this, considering how many are DrivenToSuicide to escape their condition like Offred's predecessor, [[spoiler:Janine, Lillie and June herself tries it]]. One econowife, Econowife, Heather, says that she'd sooner die than become one which [[spoiler:becomes tragic when she becomes a Handmaid after her husband is discovered helping a fugitive June, being a crypto-Muslim and having a son, therefore fertile]]. Also consider that after they are no longer of use, they will be sent to the Colonies...
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** [[spoiler:After Ofglen is found in a relationship with a Martha, the soldiers force Ofglen to watch as her lover is hanged. Because Ofglen is fertile, she's spared, though subject to a clitoridectomy.]]
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** [[spoiler:After Ofglen is found in a Ofglen's relationship with a Martha, Martha is exposed, the soldiers force Ofglen to watch as her lover is hanged. Because Ofglen is fertile, she's spared, though subject to a clitoridectomy.]]
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** June lying dying in the forest while the plain of people escaping flies over her recalls the GrandFinale of ''Series/{{Lost}}''.
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** June lying dying in the forest while the plain plane full of people children and others escaping Gilead flies over her recalls the GrandFinale of ''Series/{{Lost}}''.
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** Janine and other Handmaids are scrubbing the floor at the Red Center. To cheer them up, she starts singing "[[Theatre/{{Annie}} It's a Hard-Knock Life for Us]]" and they giggle and sing along.
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** Janine and other Handmaids are scrubbing the floor at the Red Center. To cheer them up, she starts singing "[[Theatre/{{Annie}} It's a the Hard-Knock Life for Us]]" Life]]" and they giggle and sing along.
