What is the irony in the book The handmaids Tale?

Answer 1

The heroine, Offred, finds herself in the Night scenes throughout the novel. During the Night scenes she reflects about her previous life. These scenes are how she finds herself. It is the one time of the day that she has to herself and she uses it to search for who she is.

Answer 2

One ironic aspect in "The Handmaid's Tale" is how the society is called the Republic of Gilead, yet it operates as a totalitarian regime that suppresses individual freedoms. Another irony is the notion of Gilead being created to protect women, when in reality, it oppresses and controls them through strict gender roles and regulations.

Answer 3

The irony in the novel the handmaids tale is that after centuries of struggle for women to gain rights, they have them stripped from them and end up right back where they began.