compelling issue within society‚ now and in the coming future. Margret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake is a dystopian novel set in a futuristic world where a disease has killed off humans. Atwood has continually distinguished that being number smart over word smart immediately makes you higher class and thus successful. Atwood is able to expose the way that the upper class chooses to ignore the affairs the lower class has to face. As portrayed though Oryx‚ it is seen that if one is
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Imagine a world where it is no longer possible to procreate‚ in which citizens are forced to come to terms with the demise of humanity. This horrifying possibility becomes a reality in the dystopian worlds of The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood and the film‚ Children of Men directed by Alfonso Cuaron. A decline in birth rates in the Republic of Gilead from The Handmaid’s Tale and the infertility crisis in the United Kingdom in Children of Men lead the two nations to become xenophobic. Additionally
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Re (claim) of Identity: A Feministic Perspective on Margaret Atwood’s Alias Grace Margaret Atwood has published many volumes of poetry and short stories‚ but is best known as a novelist. Her Alias Grace (1996) is one of several novels focusing on women’s issues. Initially‚ Margaret Atwood’s all leading characters are victims of quest of survival but their quest of survival make them able to face the challenges of their life. As a result‚ in her world of fiction quest of survival is agony for the
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“Any Journey includes both realities and possibilities”‚ the three texts that we have studied in class‚ the film ’Pleasantville’ by Gary Ross and the poems ’Road Not Taken’ by Robert Frost and ’Journey to the Interior’ by Margaret Atwood‚ support this idea as these texts include the protagonist having embarked on not only physical and interior journeys in reality but also imaginary. The journey is known to be imaginary for the audience‚ but for the characters of the text these journeys have led them
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torture‚ so he does not deem the act necessary. The only opinion of the act the readers hear at all is that “The man who cleans the floors/ is glad it isn’t him.” The imagery Atwood uses in this poem is very typical of what readers think of when hearing about torture. The gruesomeness of the language
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establishes an avenue of analysis of the composers’ concerns and challenges encountered in their worlds‚ such as totalitarianism and gender oppression‚ development of technology and consumerism. The exploration of contextual concerns are evident in Margaret Atwood in her dystopian novel‚ The Handmaid’s Tale (1985)‚ through the utilisation of the theme of dictatorial power and the experience of individuals‚ and correspondingly‚ in Bruce Dawe’s critical poetry‚ ‘Not So Good Earth (1966)’ and ‘Enter Without So
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The Sirens portray a sense that their voices always create an impact as it occurred to Odysseus. The sirens create such a thrilling tone towards their song as it leaves a surprising remark. They are not impacted themselves‚ but rather impact the others with their singing. Through Odysseus’ point of view‚ he senses pride and glory by listening to the sirens. Homer states‚ "So they sent their ravishing voices out across the air and the heart inside me throbbed to listen longer." The author portrays
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express her ideas about feminism and the role of women in the world‚ but also to warn about the growing importance of procreation and its association with women’s identity; she presents these themes in the first chapter in a variety of ways. Firstly‚ Atwood uses structure effectively by opening her novel with the two words “We slept”. This indicates a strong association of the novel with beds‚ and therefore referring to the importance of sex within the novel itself. By structuring it to be the first
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The Handmaid’s Tale and Black Boy. In both books‚ characters scuffle in their identifiable methods against a culture that dominated them. They both ultimately battle and seek risky and dangerous road to escape. In The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood‚ a women by the name of Offred is labeled by the viable ovaries as a handmaid. Handmaids are the fertile women whose sole purpose is to bear children. The handmaids have horrible lives as prisoners. Living like a handmaid would have been brutal and
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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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