Ashenhurst said the impetus to put down the shaver for a month came in the form of a message to Anderson from Hailey Aderman, regional director of special events for Special Olympics Wisconsin. â
Definition of handmaiden. 1  1 : a personal maid or female servant. 2  2 : something whose essential function is to serve or assist criticism is not the enemy of art but rather its handmaiden â Gary Michael.
To me, The Handmaidâs Tale is indeed a dystopian novel, a warning â if society refuses to âact uponâ changes enacted by dominant groups with strong ideologies, a totalitarian state like Gilead could be the devastating result. As all historians know, the past is a great darkness, and filled with echoes.