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    are utilized as a part of writing to pass on an exceptional intending to the reader. Regularly these gadgets are utilized to make a thought clearer‚ underline a point‚ or relate a knowledge to the reader. In her famous book‚ “Oryx and Crake‚ Margret Atwood uses arcane accessories to acquaint the theme and purpose of her book.

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    Margaret Atwood’s short story‚ “Happy Endings‚” she explains that no matter what kind of story someone has‚ death is something that everyone has in common. Atwood states “So much for endings. Beginnings are always more fun.” She means that the end does not matter because eventually everyone will die‚ the beginning is the important part of a story. Atwood says that the beginnings of a story are more fun because that is where all the details are. The beginning can happen however it wants to‚ but the end

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    the use of short sentences which Atwood purposely uses when she writes “Then he stubs out his cigarette‚ downs the heel of his Scotch and hauls himself out of the deck chair”. The heavily punctuated paragraph slows down the readers reading of the passage thus suggesting George’s character is as simple as the sentence structure used. It is at this point in the passage where Atwood draws on George’s simplicity to portray a wider message from the piece. Here‚ Atwood criticises the urban world outside

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    summer and links it to the color green and from there all the way to all the trees in the background. Making connections isn’t the only thing Atwood seems to be trying to accomplish by writing this poem. She also appears to be describing to us how we all know basic words yet the world is far more complex‚ yet at the same time it relies on those basics. Atwood achieves this with a lot of the use of color. She describes in the second verse how the world contains nine colors‚ but then later implies that

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    It becomes evident that citing Atwood’s novel provides a distinct explanation of how the dystopian society uses women – not men – as the commodity. It seems as though Atwood tries to challenge the reader’s acceptance of the social constructivism implied in the novel. Offred‚ together with other handmaids‚ where used by the elite society as conceiving vessels but they are not given the equal treatment of getting married

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    Margaret Atwood provides this solution within a form of a metaphor‚ which is used to appeal to the audience and clarify how America should go back to its old ways. Regardless of this solution‚ one current fact remains: that America is much worse now‚ as it was before

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    The doctrine that all societies have a fear of social breakdown has led to the common desire in Literature to construct idyllic and prosperous societies. Manifestly‚ these ideas have also been of great interest to Atwood and Huxley as seen with their novels The Handmaid’s Tale and Brave New Word. This is closely related to concepts of utopia and dystopia. Utopianism‚ coined by Thomas More in 1551 etymologically equates to nowhere; this was semantically ameliorated however‚ to any perfect place by

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    Critical Analysis Essay by Wiegand Maechtlen EN 4903 “Death by Landscape” (1990) By Margaret Atwood Death by Landscape is a short story‚ written by Margaret Atwood in 1990. The Author is a Canadian novelist‚ poet and essayist as well as an environmental activist and feminist with many national and international awards for her writings and activities. She was born in Ottawa‚ Canada and started to write when she was six years old. At the age of 16 she already knew that she wants to become a professional

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    We also see this in stories‚ specifically‚ ones told in the first person where the narrator tells a story from their point of view and inject their own personal biases in the process often leaving the audience pondering what the truth is. Margaret Atwood addresses the issues of different perspectives telling different stories that are brought up by Homer’s Odyssey in The Penelopiad. The book illustrates just how different the same story can be told from different perspectives and the issues it may

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    “Orpheus (1)” written by Margaret Atwood‚ “Orpheus and Eurydice” drawn by Jean Raoux‚ and “Black Orpheus” directed by Marcel Camus were three different works in different areas that retell the mythology. Each person chooses a different way to show the story that best suited their time periods and cultures. The poem “Orpheus (1)” was written by Margaret Atwood in the 70s. The poem was written in the time period when Women Right movement was active in Canada. Atwood was a feminist‚ therefore her writing

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