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    The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood is a dystopian novel centered around the protection and imprisonment of women in a society named Gilead. Although‚ there are many differences between modern society and Gilead‚ the most significant difference is the type of freedom given to women. The contrasting aspects of the two types of freedom is best described by Aunt Lydia‚ who believes‚ “There is more than one kind of freedom. Freedom to and freedom from. In the days of the anarchy it was freedom to

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    States‚ they said‚ ’How long have we got?’ The British response is the calmest‚ viewing the work‚ that is‚ purely as fantasy‚ like Alice in Wonderland or Lord of the Rings. Canadians feel‚ apparently‚ some modest degree of apprehension. But it is in America‚ where the tale is set‚ that reaction has been most intense‚ most alarmed.

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    Rat Song Introduction ”Rat Song” is a poem written by Margaret Atwood and is part of Selected Poems from 1976. What is interesting about the poem is that it is written from the point of view of a rat. And by looking through the eyes of a rat (which many people see as a primitive and inferior animal) the poem shows how judgemental‚ hateful‚ hypocritical and “unnatural” the human race is. The poem furthermore advocates that humans are a much greater parasite than the rats they are so desperately

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    hat is the question”‚ that’s what Hamlet would remark about Offred in The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. As the main character raises few queries on whether she is a heroine or not as her actions are abstract. The definition of the word ‘hero’ is someone who doesn’t think of themselves but others. Consider this‚ she is weak and meek like any other handmaids before her‚ ergo‚ there are no move big enough for the narrator to damage the society. Offred always considers what’s best for herself and

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    The Handmaid’s tale by Margaret Atwood relates a story taking place in a dystopian society where Christian fundamentalists enforce their beliefs. Their society shows what family values might look like if they were enforced. Women stay at home gardening and having babies. If women are unable or refuse to do so they are marginalized and sometimes executed. Throughout the book Margaret Atwood uses flowers as a symbol of life or fertility‚ to describe the women in Gilead and to disguise terrifying things

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    say. The situation turned into mindless people having meaningless conversations. The definition of words were also changed from before Gilead. Women had to try and keep up and learn what everything means now that their world changed completely. Atwood uses language to show how Gilead takes away the woman’s identity. She ranked them in the lower class

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    Throughout the story‚ “My Last Duchess” by Margaret Atwood‚ there exists vast dissimilarities between stereotypical women and women opposing stereotypes‚ and society. These dissimilarities are shown evidently through the characters. Margaret Atwood uses her characters to supply detailed examples of individuals who embody these stereotypes‚ those who do not‚ and the conflicting tones she uses in regards to these characters display her feminist ideals. A few of the characters representing stereotypical

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    Margaret Atwood‚ in her short essay “True North‚” wants her readers to come away after reading her essay understanding that things have drastically changed from how they used to be and how they are now. Atwood begins to capture her audience’s attention first by reminiscing and recalling her childhood memories of how it used to be in the “old days” in “The North.” “The North‚” as she refers to it in her essay‚ is more commonly known to us as Canada. Atwood then refers to the United States as “The

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    two works The Female Body by Margaret Atwood and The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin romanticizes the view of women in their own opinion‚ emphasizing ideas such as women being portrayed as common housewives‚ objects‚ emotional delinquents‚ and submissive individuals. The similarities include both authors has their own distinct

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    and redemption. In fact he says‚ “The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.” (King‚ n.d.) This ideology is pertinent to many contexts‚ but will specifically be explored in Margaret Atwood’s presentation of gender relations

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