The Incredible Woman Atwood

The authors of the texts The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood, and Jane Eyre directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga, give insight into the lives of two women living in different times and places with similar struggles and problems. Both Jane Eyre from Jane Eyre and Marion McAlpin from The Edible Woman struggle with the feelings of self-doubt and identity stemming from decisions whilst taking drastic measures to go outside the societal norms of the time including of femininity and the expectations placed on women. The authors use many different themes and techniques to demonstrate and explore the way the women attempt to bring their lives back after being pushed to the edge of disaster by ideas which they seek to rebel against.

In the texts both protagonists
In The Edible Woman Atwood portrays Marion as she rebels against typical by doing things wildly out of character such as having the affair with Duncan. He, in contrast, is also a character who rebels against societal beliefs of how men should behave. This behaviour is very uncharacteristic to the Marion we see earlier in the text when she is content with her job and her friendship with the three virgins, the innocent office friends of Marion and Ainsley, Marion’s obsession with controlling her life drives her to these wild actions. In contrast Fukunaga uses the techniques such as camera angles and dialogue to display how when Jane runs away from her old life as a governess after the conflict with Rochester is behaviour a not unusual to Jane and her childish nature. Camera angles such as low angles on Jane show her vulnerability which she has after leaving the life she was living. This is much more drastic action compared to Marion who chooses to stay in her former life as long as possible but acts out in ways which distance her from the people around her. The opening scene of Jane Eyre is very symbolic of the storm which she is running from when she is leaving Rochester, the overwhelming rain illustrates to the viewer how the depression takes Jane when she stops running. Through the rebellion against both themselves and the people around them the authors show character growth in the