Aunt Lydia is an instructor whose main aim is to teach other women from Gilead to be adaptive. She belongs to the whole class of Aunts who prepare future Housemaids for their work. Aunt Lydia is portrayed only in Offred's memories. The narrator remembers the instructions of this strict woman during her everyday life. The slogans and instructions which are announced by the Aunt reflect the ideology of the anti-utopian society of Gilead. Those women who are like Offred don't appreciate such societal principles, and the whole class of Aunts is absurd for them. Aunt Lydia is hated by the readers because she is the voice of Gilead.
Aunt Lydia in the Essays
Author: Teresa Nelson