Aunt Lydia
Aunt Lydia trains Handmaids at the Red Center.
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Spoiler-freeAunt Lydia trains Handmaids at the Red Center. She presents coercion as protection and teaches women to blame the old world and themselves. Her voice remains inside Offred’s memory long after training ends, showing that indoctrination can become internal commentary. Her fate is not revealed in The Handmaid’s Tale; later books and television adaptations do not establish what happens to her in this novel.
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