Earlier the area of Border Studies was considered to be related and limited to geographical boundaries but literature has always projected the theme of borders in a larger sense. Since the classical writing of Homer’s Iliad, borders are represented substantially, maybe a visible boundary or the invisible borders of metaphors, thoughts, and symbols. After the twentieth century, border theory was widely considered and accepted to explore the theoretical approach to literature as it throws light on different dimensions of border planes. The paper undertakes the theoretical approach to the contemporary concept of border theory to analyze the use of borders, symbolism, and identities in the dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale written by Margaret Atwood.

Keywords: Border Theory, Symbolism, Identities, and Dystopian.