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WAS AUNT LYDIA KIND TO JUNE AND ALL THE OTHER HANDMAIDS?
Aunt Lydia was a cold-hearted lady, unlike most of Gilead's misogynist and totalitarian
authority that was made up of Commanders, guards, and Eyes
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Aunty Lydia was also a perfect example of someone
who—though stripped of her rights and power as well for being a woman—was desperate for
even a slight amount of power and took it in the form of control over the handmaids
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Consequently, Aunt Lydia was not kind
to June and all the other handmaids
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Her cruelty
was portrayed at the Red Center when she trained one of the first groups of handmaids
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Also, Aunt Lydia devised many of Gilead’s contentious training techniques, making handmaids
to hold rocks for hours in the rain to kill traitors in blind rages
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When she wasn't disciplining handmaids with
physical violence, Aunt Lydia psychologically twisted them in different ways
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Aunt Lydia also persecuted
Emily, impelling Emily to stab her in the back
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Additionally, the relationship between Lydia and June was always tumultuous
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Aunt Lydia often asserted her power over in June, and at one point, she
even flogged her with a cattle prod, before Serena Joy (the Commander's wife) could intervene
her, but Aunt Lydia tried to be kind to June due to her pregnancy as she’s excited about the
prospect of a baby
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The worst of it was that Aunt Lydia forced June and the other
handmaids to execute her
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She sympathized with Janine
when Serena told her to remove Janine from an important dinner because of her missing eye
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Also, when she ordered the other handmaids to stone Janine to
death for raping a pregnant Handmaid, resulting in the baby’s death, the handmaids, led by June,
refused
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Besides, Aunt Lydia
believed herself as the protector of handmaids and blamed herself if they failed
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Finally, Aunt Lady was a strict and brutal woman who oppressed and castigated
handmaids ruthlessly for their disobedience
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At
the same time, Aunt Lydia always seemed to hold all handmaids close to her heart
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Reference
Atwood, M
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The Handmaid's tale: Aunt Lydia
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https://www
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com/lit/handmaid/character/aunt-lydia/
Dowling, A
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Aunt Lydia’s Handmaid’s Tale Backstory Explained
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looper
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(2019)
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The Atlantic
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theatlantic
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(2021)
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The Daily Fandom
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org/the-handmaids-tale-2017-junes-journey/
The Handmaid’s Tale Wiki (n
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Aunt Lydia
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https://the-handmaids-tale
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com/wiki/Aunt_Lydia_(Novel)



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