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    Margaret Atwood’s poem “Siren Song” (rpt. In Greg Johnson and Thomas R. Arp‚ Perrine’s Literature: Structure‚ Sound‚ and Sense‚ 12th ed. [Boston: Wadsworth‚ 2015] 797-798) draws in the reader by describing what a siren song and what it may be. The definition of a siren song according to Merriam-Webster is “ an alluring utterance or appeal; especially : one that is seductive or deceptive.” This definition plays an important role in the entire story that is being told in this poem. There are many different

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    Jennifer Angelucci April 23rd‚ 2007 SIREN SONG Margaret Atwood’s "Siren Song" is a lyric that consists of nine three-lined stanzas that neither possess any recognizable rhyme scheme nor rhythm. The speaker of this poem is a mythical creature‚ a Siren‚ who addresses us‚ the audience‚ when she speaks of the victims whom she lured through the enticing song she sings. The overall tone of this poem is sarcastic and quite sinister. The title itself immediately depicts the theme and speaker of the poem

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    Metafiction and Happy Endings (Margaret Atwood) METAFICTION A. Definition: The narrator of a metafictional work will call attention to the writing process itself.   The reader is never to forget that what she is reading is constructed--not natural‚ not " real."  She is never to get "lost" in the story. B. Possible Contents: intruding to comment on writing   involving his or herself with fictional characters   directly addressing the reader   openly questioning how narrative assumptions

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    This poem portrays Attwood’s attitude on inner journey to discover oneself. She presents a metaphorical journey to explain a journey into the mind. She examines human behaviour’s reasons‚ understanding one self’s mystery‚ lack of knowledge of individual about themselves. Attwood has composed a Metaphysical journey contrasting the similarities and differences. Her fascination with the bizarre fluidity of identity and its mystery is the focus of this poem. The first paragraph establishes the similarities

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    Name Prof Class Date The theme of Totalitarianism in “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood All throughout the text “The Handmaid ’s Tale”‚ there is a permanent theme of totalitarianism. Regimes that follow a totalitarian cultural ensure dominance over their subjects with the use of manipulation (Finigan 435). Besides the use of manipulation‚ the authority figures in “The Handmaid ’s Tale” dominate the subjects by controlling their experience of life‚ time‚ memory and history (Finigan 435)

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    In "Happy Endings"‚ Margaret Atwood uses satire to mock the idea that happy endings actually exist. Atwood is trying to prove the point that the ending will always be the same‚ therefore it is not important. What is important is the quest to reach the end. That reason being because no matter how a person pursues their journey to the end (rich‚ poor‚ mansion home‚ trailer home) it will never change. Atwood tells the reader not to focus on the “who” and “what”‚ but to focus on the “how” and “why” (259)

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    Picture of Death In the poem "This Is a Photograph of Me"‚ Margaret Atwood attempts to depict the parallels between a picture slowly developing and the narrators realization of her death. This poem is divided into two parts with the second half separated by brackets. The elements of the picture begin to emerge reflecting the narrator ’s awareness of her death. In the first stanza it is as if the speaker is trying to remember fuzzy memories of her past and maybe as far back as her youth. This half

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    In the course of the many interrelated short stories written in Moral Disorder we tend to find out many thing about the main characters. In some ways the reader develops a sort of one on one relationship with each character‚ and learns more and more about them in each story. Specifically‚ one of the main characters who tends to stand out in the storyline as a person with a sort of mysterious personality is Tig. Tigs mysterious personality is brought to life mainly in the story “Monopoly”.

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    Margaret Atwood’s “Giving Birth” includes a small set of future parents in a childbearing course. The group consists of numerous first-time moms and dads and only one lady who has given birth before: “She’s there‚ she says‚ to make sure they give her a shot this time. They delayed it last time and she went through hell” (830). In response to what she had said‚ the other people in her class looked at her weird. They are not clamoring for shots; they do not intend to go through hell. Hell comes from

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    Margaret Atwood’s “You Fit Into Me” is remarkable in just how many Post-Modern devices are found in only four lines of poetry. Altogether‚ Atwood’s poem instantly seizes a reader’s attention with its economy of words‚ and peculiar structure. Noticeably‚ the two simplistic looking verses‚ zero punctuation‚ lack of capital letters‚ and bracketed title invite closer inspection. The unusual length‚ and form are true to Post-Modernism’s desire to bring awareness to the prose. In that regard‚ Atwood calculatedly

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