Creature Depicted In Margaret Atwood's Siren Song
In the poem “Siren Song” by Margaret Atwood, a siren is a creature that constantly manipulates people. In the Odyssey, Calypso, embodies the traits of Atwood’s ‘siren’ because she uses her goddess stature to tempt Odysseus into staying with her, ultimately conveying that women can be equally as powerful as men.
In Atwood’s “Siren Song” she makes the siren out to be a manipulative creature that constantly manipulates to get what she wants. As the siren in Atwood’s poem ends her song, the reader was manipulated by the siren because she sang her “song, and it worked.” The siren takes advantage of the reader's sympathy, showing a manipulative nature, and the reader can assume the siren does this all the time. Near the beginning of the song, the
In Atwood’s “Siren Song” she makes the siren out to be a manipulative creature that constantly manipulates to get what she wants. As the siren in Atwood’s poem ends her song, the reader was manipulated by the siren because she sang her “song, and it worked.” The siren takes advantage of the reader's sympathy, showing a manipulative nature, and the reader can assume the siren does this all the time. Near the beginning of the song, the