Anup Kumar Dey Assistant Professor Department of English Assam University‚ Diphu Campus Diphu‚ Karbi Anglong‚ Assam‚ India - 782460 deyanup1@gmail.com Woman‚ Land and Nation: An Ecocritical Reading of Margaret Atwood’s Poetry The word "ecocriticism" was probably first used in William Rueckert’s essay "Literature and Ecology: An Experiment in Ecocriticism" (1978) and was subsequently accepted in critical vocabulary when Cheryll Glotfelty‚ at that time a graduate student at Cornell‚ revived
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The main themes in both Top Girls and The Handmaid’s Tale are feminism‚ politics and women’s role in society. Top Girls is based on social realism and political drama. Churchill once said “Playwrights don’t give answers‚ they ask questions”.[1] It could be said that Churchill is asking the audience to acknowledge how much a woman has to sacrifice in order to succeed in the stereotypically male dominant workplace. However‚ it could also be said that she could be asking the audience to acknowledge
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Compare the ways in which the authors of two texts you studied this year explore the use of power. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood and Blade Runner: Director’s Cut by Ridley Scott both explore the use of power albeit in similar and dissimilar ways. Power in both texts is portrayed as humankind’s power over the natural world‚ power over those considered inferior in society‚ and power over women. In Blade Runner‚ the human race is seen to have abused an outstanding amount of power
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Christa Bennett Atwood does a fantastic job of incorporating color symbolism throughout The Handmaid’s Tale. One of the main colors she uses to push her plot forward is the color red. When you think of the color red what do you think of... love‚ rage‚ anger‚ power‚ Communism... maybe blood. In the book The Handmaid’s Tale‚ red is the color of the handmaids. The Handmaids always wear long red habits if you will; that covers their whole body. “The skirt is ankle-length‚ full‚ gathered to a flat
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writer Margaret Atwood. Like many of Atwood’s other works‚ The Edible Woman (1969) and Lady Oracle (1976) are explicitly concerned with the complexities of body image. More specifically‚ however‚ these novels usefully exemplify her attempt to demystify the female form. In the following pages‚ I investigate Atwood’s treatment of the mind/body dualism and analyse the ways in which she responds to‚ and resists‚ its destructive effects. Using contemporary theory‚ moreover‚ I show how Atwood deals with the
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The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ by Margaret Atwood is a dystopian novel in which the main character – Offred – seeks to escape from the constraints of her environment. The writer takes things from the past and skews them throughout the novel‚ creating a much more relative feel to the otherwise very unrealistic story. In the environment‚ Offred has no way of physically escaping - instead‚ the responds to her situation by getting lost in her memories and thoughts. This
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the message that Margaret Atwood’s sends her short story “Happy Endings.” The name is quite ironic‚ for no one ever really gets a happy ending in Atwood’s story. The first story was the American dream that most people envision to be their reality. Atwood uses dramatic irony in the second story‚ with one of the main characters John to only be using Mary for her body. While he truly fell in love with another girl named Madge. In the end‚ the main character dies by taking all the sleeping pills she can
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pressures society brings to bear on the individual. “A rat in a maze is free to go anywhere‚ as long as it stays inside the maze.” Margaret Atwood‚ The Handmaid’s Tale To understand what is meant by the term ‘dehumanisation’ one must first ascertain what it is that makes us human. The Oxford English Dictionary defines ‘dehumanisation’ as ‘the deprivation of positive human qualities’. This
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Often in literature there are common themes that occur throughout eras and genres to link two otherwise different pieces of writing. One particular example of this occurrance can be seen in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. Although these works have been written in very different time periods and use separate styles‚ there are two themes which link both stories and convey a very similar message. Strict societal roles and the treatment of women
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weren’t looking‚ and touch each other’s hands across space. We learned to lip read‚ our heads flat on the beds‚ turned sideways‚ watching each other’s mouths. In this way‚ we exchanged names‚ from bed to bed: Alma. Janine. Dolores. Moira. June.” ( Atwood‚ Page
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