Source Evaluation

Coad, David “Hymens, Lips and Masks: The Veil in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale.”
Literature and Psychology 47, nos. 1&2 (2001)
This essay summarizes Margaret Atwood’s take on feminism in a lot of ways. It breaks down how the women were oppressed and looks at the symbolism. “Women are oppressed and forced to occupy a number of rigidly defined subject positions: frustrated house-bound Wives, official substitute wives known as Handmaids, half-mistress, half-whore, domestic helpers called Marthas, educators and disciplinarian, sadistic propagandists called Aunts and, lastly, unofficial prostitutes who remain on the hidden underside of the regime.” (Coad, Page 96) The essay goes on to describe in particular, the clothing of the characters in the story with relation to their status.
This is a good source of information with regard to the novel, its symbolism and will help be in writing my paper in better understanding the work.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Atwood (July 19, 2010)
This is just a biography that I downloaded from Wikipedia. It is pretty accurate, as I researched another biography from notable biographies. It talks about her works
I think these sources are reliable. The Wikipedia article was updated just this month. There are many links associated with this particular biography.
It will help me to understand who Margaret Atwood is and why she wrote this novel