On the lower level is a vision of fulfilled secondary concerns, the sense of a political ideology that has some connection with the processes actually going on in society… On the higher level is a vision of fulfilled primary concerns, freedom, health, equality, happiness, love. As a dystopia, it is, by definition, ironic in nature, for, like all dystopias, it is “an ironic social vision” (Frye 1990 :309) whose opposite is an already mentioned social norm. Irony is what characterizes the tone and texture of The Handmaid’s Tale. 1In answer to questions, such as “How come you’re such a pessimist ?” and “Why don’t you have happier endings ?” Atwood answers indirectly, “Because I’m writing in the ironic mode” (1982 :406).
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