The Handmaids Tale written by Margaret Atwood utilises and is an example of the statement "setting...", which is used throughout the text to help convey how this dystopian totalitarian society, full of absolute control, manipulation, and abuse, is obtained and how this kind of society and treatment is not so unfamiliar to the human race and not so radical or out of reach as one might think. Atwood shows how setting has an immense impact on individuals and how can impact the reader and convey the. Through this essay I am going to show how "settings ..." through evidence found by critically analysing the text The Handmaids Tale.