Aunt Lydia is a character in Margaret Atwood’s novel The Testaments. She is a member of the ruling class in the theocratic Republic of Gilead. She is the head of the Aunts, a group of older women who train the younger women in the ways of Gilead.
Essay themes and ideas about Aunt Lydia
- Aunt Lydia: The Enforcer
- Aunt Lydia: The Manipulator
- Aunt Lydia: The Sadist
- Aunt Lydia: The Controller
- Aunt Lydia: The One Who Gets Things Done
- Aunt Lydia: The One Who Knows Best
- Aunt Lydia: The One Who Always Gets Her Way
- Aunt Lydia: The One Who Is Never Wrong
- Aunt Lydia: The One Who Is Always Right
- Aunt Lydia: The One Who Must Be Obeyed