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    stories we learned about several instances where innocent people were portrayed as monsters. In modern society we do the same thing; we see someone that looks different than us and want to lay all our mistakes on them. In “Lusus Naturae” by Margaret Atwood a girl with a disease that makes her hairy with pink teeth‚ red fingernails‚ and yellow eyes watches a couple having intercourse in a meadow. She thought that they were like her because of the sounds they made and how they moved about. One day after

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    Write approximately 250 words stating what significant idea(s) are explored through this text‚ and how. Use quotes to support your points. The poem‚ "Solstice Poem‚" by Margaret Atwood is about a mother sharing her thoughts and asking herself how to raise her daughter well so that she will be able to look after herself when she is older. The 3 main ideas recognized in this poem are the innocence of her daughter/children in general‚ the protection mothers feel the need to give to their children

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    Grace Marks being the protagonist of the historical novel Alias Grace matures and grows as most protagonist do. Grace goes through many stages in her life where she needs to adapt to the situation in order to not be taken advantage of. She is either too naïve‚ too deep in self-pity or too self-aware. She is a dynamic character who goes from being a scared little girl into a convicted murderess. The stereotype surrounding her being a woman – making her too fragile to take part in such a crime actually

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    lives that we should have accepted for ourselves. By doing so‚ they took our power. By doing nothing‚ we gave it away. We’ve seen where their way leads‚ through camps and wars‚ towards the slaughterhouse.” .Power is presented as a central theme by Atwood and Chaucer in each respective texts‚ whilst their female protagonists‚ are victims of patriarchy; they are able to deviate from the norm of subservience and lack of control assigned to women in the society. In essence‚ both authors are able to create

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    As Atwood writes in “Happy Endings‚” “You’ll have to face it; the endings are the same however you slice it. Don’t be deluded by any other endings‚ they’re all fake‚ either deliberately fake‚ with malicious intent to deceive‚ or just motivated by excessive optimism if not by downright sentimentality” (Atwood 214). Forcing the reader to “face it” and notice that “the endings are the same however you slice it‚” Atwood recognizes the futility of actions when the

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    In I Want A Wife by Judy Brady and The Female Body by Margaret Atwood they both share similarities and differences. In I Want A Wife‚ Brady talks about the needs of men and how wife’s do it all‚ on the other hand‚ in The Female Body‚ Atwood talks about how women are categorized by their gender. Both essays are also similar and different in their style‚ Brady uses repetition while Atwood numbers her topics. The theme and purpose are both similar and different in the way that one is a wake up call

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    by Margaret Atwood‚ Penelope‚ the wife of Odysseus‚ is in her grave while she is narrating what happened in her life. Atwood retells The Odyssey by Homer‚ from penelope’s point of view. In this section of the book‚ she is informing the readers about the characteristics of the gods and how their actions were not god like. She is using the chance to reveal the true nature of the gods‚ because if have spoken illy of the gods she would have faced severe punishment. In the Penelopiad‚ Atwood uses judgemental

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    In” Moral Disorder”‚ Atwood employs animal imagery to show the consequence of human and animal bonds while conveying Nell’s readiness for motherhood. The first animal that Nell had contact with are “barred owl [teaching] her young to hunt” and “twelve ducklings” (115). The relationship between the animals and the humans is that Tig and Nell are the ones that present the ducklings to the owl particularly Tig. While these events might at first sight be considered normal occurrences in a natural environment

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    In the "Odyssey" by Homer ‚ and the "Siren Song" by Margaret Atwood‚ the sirens are portrayed differently for example in the story‚ the sirens are described through the ship members point of view whereas in the poem‚ the point of view is through the sirens. Perspective plays a huge role in this along with tone and imagery. Tone‚ for example‚ represents how beautiful or evil sounding the sirens were. In the story‚ the sirens have evil hoarse voices apparently ‚ "...Ravashing voices...heart inside

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    ‘Which writer creates the most disturbing dystopian vision of the future- Orwell or Atwood?’ We perceive the idea of dystopia as a state or place in which there is oppression‚ dehumanisation and a totalitarian force: in 1984 and the Handmaid’s Tale this is true. However‚ both writers create this sense of dystopia in different ways. Orwell creates the civilisation of Oceania which governed by the looming totalitarian figure of Big Brother: whose society is under constant surveillance and undergoing

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