Womanimality and Gender Polarity in Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments

This article focuses on the Western philosophical traditions responsible for objectifying women and animals. It looks at how Margaret Atwood has engaged with these issues in The Testaments, which is sequel of Handmaid’s Tale. purpose this study to use a deconstructive approach analyse sexual differences through animal differences. Animals have been standing periphery since start western civilisation. Animal gender metaphors play significant role creating In Atwood’s handmaids problematic relationship androcentric classification as reason behind objectification make them realise their inferiority women. marked utopian dystopian characteristics; both parallel each other. Compared bifurcated images life, imagines post-utopian reality that she names utopia. connotes an idea gift, love democracy; there no separation based importance language bifurcation sexuality cannot be ignored, significantly when name redefined according patriarchal perspective. politics naming connected myth creation; commanders aunts consider prerogative. Significantly, discourage multiplicity promote singularity state Gilead.