In this poem by Margaret Atwood the persona embarks on an inner journey and compares it to an explorer entering a new ‘uncharted‚’ and‚‘unmapped territory‚’ where the inner mind analysing the purpose and direction of life. Atwood uses an extended metaphor in the poem comparing the a journey into the mind finding youself to a physical journey. She’s uses this technique in “easy
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The texts studied support this idea of a “journey of discovery” very effectively. The texts I have chosen and think support the above idea well are “This Lime Tree Bower My Prison” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and “Journey to the Interior” by Margaret Atwood‚ along with the interesting short story “Through the Tunnel” by Doris Lessing. The composers of these texts have used a range of techniques to involve their audience in the journey. The ideas in these texts are conveyed clearly by the composer’s
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The novel not only talks about the human destructing the nature but also touches major factors that are used by humanity to destruct this world and those could turn against humanity itself at the end. Atwood talks about technologies‚ genetic engineering‚ scientific inventions‚ private corporations and law and order. The God’s Gardeners in the novels can be compared to the ecological splinter groups that still believe in the importance of nature and take serious actions to protect the nature. Their
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International Event Nepal Night 2013 The energy flowed in the Atwood Ball room as guests celebrated the Nepali culture. The lights went dim and then the pleasant Nepalese musical beats echoed throughout the ballroom. The participants and guests were dressed in colorful traditional outfits; the audience slowly travelled to Nepal though the performers’ songs and dances. The event’s theme was Sanskar which means traditional values and morals and the‚ decoration as well as the performances were based
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Tips by Margaret Atwood 1. Canada is surrounded by the Arctic ocean to the north‚ the Labrador Sea and Atlantic ocean to the east‚ the United States to the south‚ and the Pacific ocean to the west. 2. In Wilderness Tips‚ Margaret Atwood incorporates various themes in her story. Family plays a big role because the characters are all related; there are three sisters‚ a brother‚ and one of the sister’s husbands. The sisters‚ Pamela‚ Prue‚ and Portia‚ have alliterative names. Atwood writes‚ “It was
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The Handmaid’s Tale-Dystopian Literary Tradition Dystopia is defined as being a society characterized by human misery‚ as squalor‚ oppression‚ disease‚ and overcrowding. Dystopian is also considered to be about futuristic societies that have degraded into repressed and controlled states. Dystopian literature uses cautionary tones warning us that if we continue to live the way we do‚ this can be the consequence. A Dystopia is contrary of a utopia (a world where everything is perfect) and often characterized
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Every writer‚ author‚ and poet portrays stories in their own way. Homer ‚ the poet who wrote "The Odyssey"‚ and Margaret Atwood‚ the poet who wrote "SIREN SONG"‚ have different points of view on the sirens. The song that the sirens sang was different in both of the poems. The poets’ opposing uses of imagery illustrated the sirens differently. In addition‚ the tones that the poets used were different. Although these two poems were written about the same subject‚ they are still different. One
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Homer’s Odyssey‚ a Greek epic poem‚ introduces mythological creatures‚ like the sirens‚ to an audience that becomes highly influenced and mesmerized by these creatures. These creatures inspire a new piece of literature. For example‚ Margaret Atwood dedicates a whole poem to the sirens‚ which is the first mentioned in The Odyssey as creatures that lures sailors to their death‚ but ‚unlike the Odyssey‚ it is written in the point of view of the sirens. Even though the depiction of the sirens are distinct
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Totalitarian Society in The Handmaid’s Tale and Brave New World Totalitarianism is a political state that hold total control of one’s life and causes a corrupt society to occur. Brave New World‚ by Aldous Huxley and The Handmaid’s Tale‚ by Margaret Atwood share a corrupted totalitarian society through the use of the characters‚ conflicts and themes presented in the novels. These literary works are presented with the character’s freedom being taken away from the government by suppressing knowledge‚
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the human mind. The environment of a household and the time period of a century are examples of the influences that affect a human beings psyche. In the novel The Blind Assassin Margaret Atwood depicts the lives of two sisters‚ who demonstrate the pain of dishonesty and the effects of a person’s chosen path. Atwood conveys the conscious‚ preconscious‚ and the unconsciousness of Iris Chase through her memoirs. The early childhood development‚ adolescents of a society‚ and the need for achievement of
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