What is The Handmaid's Tale in emojis?

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood can be summed up in emojis as: 🔴👒🚫🤰⛪👁️🚗🏃♀️💔🕊️❓ — a shorthand emoji plot summary you can copy and share.

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Dystopian FictionMargaret Atwood · 1985

The Handmaid's Tale in Emojis

A woman's survival under a brutal theocracy — in emoji.

In the totalitarian republic of Gilead, fertile women are enslaved as 'Handmaids' forced to bear children for the ruling class; Offred quietly resists and dreams of escape.

The plot in emoji

The Handmaid's Tale emoji summary, decoded

Here's what each part of the emoji story means, beat by beat.

⛪🔫A religious coup overthrows the United States, creating Gilead.
🔴👒Fertile women become Handmaids in red robes and white bonnets.
🚫📖Women are banned from reading, working, or owning money.
🤰🛏️Offred is forced to bear a child for a Commander and his wife.
👁️🤫Under constant surveillance, she remembers her stolen family.
❤️🚗She begins a secret affair and contact with a resistance.
🏃‍♀️🚪A mysterious van comes to take her away.
🕊️❓Whether it means freedom or arrest is left open.

The cast of The Handmaid's Tale in emoji

The main characters, one emoji each — tap any to copy.

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Offred

The narrating Handmaid.

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The Commander

The powerful man she serves.

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Serena Joy

The Commander's bitter wife.

The Handmaid's Tale emoji set

A copyable set of emojis that capture the book's vibe. Tap any emoji, or copy them all.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is The Handmaid's Tale in emojis?: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood can be summed up in emojis as: 🔴👒🚫🤰⛪👁️🚗🏃‍♀️💔🕊️❓ — a shorthand emoji plot summary you can copy and share.
How do you describe The Handmaid's Tale with emojis?: Break the story into its key beats and pick one or two emojis for each — the setting, the main characters, the turning point, and the ending. The decoded summary above shows one way to do it for The Handmaid's Tale.
What can I use these book emojis for?: Copy the The Handmaid's Tale emoji summary into a book-club chat, a BookTok or Instagram caption, a reading challenge, or a 'guess the book from emojis' game.

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