Aunt Lydia (Film)

Aunt Lydia (Film)

Aunt Lydia (Series)

Aunt Lydia (Novel)

Aunt Lydia
Aunt Lydia (Film)
Gender	Female
Age	Forties
Class	Aunt
Allegiance	The Rachel and Leah Center
Portrayed by	Victoria Tennant
Status	Alive

Aunt Lydia is a character in The Handmaid's Tale film.

Profile

Personality

She has a stern personality and takes a strong stance against extramarital sex. She is first seen when a convoy arrives at the Red Center and soldiers order June and several other women off. Aunt Lydia introduces herself and says they are blessed to be fertile. She is later seen at various times lecturing June and the other women about their duties to be as Handmaids. One candidate tearily admits she succumbed to the pressures of extramarital sex from a man, and this is pointed out as an example of women misusing sexuality and disgusting men who saw sex as nothing more than amusement, although she does hug the tearful woman, assuring her a better path awaits.

Moira plots her escape when the candidates are ordered to be in bed. She claims the restroom is broken, then later attacks Aunt Lydia, chaining her to a urinal and stealing her clothes. Moira is then seen wearing Lydia's skirt and sweater and walking past a sentry, who takes no notice of her.

Aunt Lydia is last seen announcing the execution of a Handmaid for an unspecified sexual offense. She also condemns a man who was accused of attacking a pregnant woman, killing her and the baby. A mob of angry Handmaids beat the condemned man to death. June, who is observing this, is told by another Handmaid the man did no such thing.

Quotes

“Today, only one in a hundred women can bear children. Some women stop, beliving that there would be no future, they refused, refused! To bear children! They wouldn't even try. They were lazy women! They were sluts!”  — Aunt Lydia to the Handmaid prospects in the Red Center