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    Author Margaret Atwood’s writing has been shaped by one particular movement- the push for women’s rights in the 1960s and 1970s. When Atwood was a college student‚ “a woman was expected to follow one path: to marry in her early 20s‚ start a family quickly‚ and devote her life to homemaking” (“The 1960s-70s”). Employers assumed that the females who did work would soon become pregnant‚ so ladies were unlikely to advance in their careers. What money they did earn was controlled by their husbands

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    Margaret Atwood’s ‘‘Happy Endings’’ first appeared in the 1983 Canadian collection‚ Murder in the Dark‚ and it was published in 1994 for American audiences in Good Bones and Simple Murders. Subtitled ‘‘Short Fiction and Prose Poems‚’’ Murder in the Dark featured four types of works: autobiographical sketches‚ travel notes‚ experimental pieces addressing the nature of writing‚ and short pieces dealing with typical Atwood themes‚ notably the relationship between the sexes. ‘‘Happy Endings‚’’ which

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    Margaret Atwood’s poem “Siren Song” is a story that has been retold for generations; a tale of beauty‚ distress‚ and the ultimate betrayal. Margaret Atwood’s allusion‚ and the title of the poem itself set the stage for a story in which the readers already know the ending. As the siren leads her victims to their death‚ she seems bored‚ unamused‚ and ultimately unhappy. However‚ the siren uses her appearance‚ and her ability to gain sympathy in the minds of her targets‚ to lead them to their demise

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    Rat Song Introduction ”Rat Song” is a poem written by Margaret Atwood and is part of Selected Poems from 1976. What is interesting about the poem is that it is written from the point of view of a rat. And by looking through the eyes of a rat (which many people see as a primitive and inferior animal) the poem shows how judgemental‚ hateful‚ hypocritical and “unnatural” the human race is. The poem furthermore advocates that humans are a much greater parasite than the rats they are so desperately

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    hat is the question”‚ that’s what Hamlet would remark about Offred in The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. As the main character raises few queries on whether she is a heroine or not as her actions are abstract. The definition of the word ‘hero’ is someone who doesn’t think of themselves but others. Consider this‚ she is weak and meek like any other handmaids before her‚ ergo‚ there are no move big enough for the narrator to damage the society. Offred always considers what’s best for herself and

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    The Handmaid’s tale by Margaret Atwood relates a story taking place in a dystopian society where Christian fundamentalists enforce their beliefs. Their society shows what family values might look like if they were enforced. Women stay at home gardening and having babies. If women are unable or refuse to do so they are marginalized and sometimes executed. Throughout the book Margaret Atwood uses flowers as a symbol of life or fertility‚ to describe the women in Gilead and to disguise terrifying things

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    say. The situation turned into mindless people having meaningless conversations. The definition of words were also changed from before Gilead. Women had to try and keep up and learn what everything means now that their world changed completely. Atwood uses language to show how Gilead takes away the woman’s identity. She ranked them in the lower class

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    Throughout the story‚ “My Last Duchess” by Margaret Atwood‚ there exists vast dissimilarities between stereotypical women and women opposing stereotypes‚ and society. These dissimilarities are shown evidently through the characters. Margaret Atwood uses her characters to supply detailed examples of individuals who embody these stereotypes‚ those who do not‚ and the conflicting tones she uses in regards to these characters display her feminist ideals. A few of the characters representing stereotypical

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    What is it to be human? What makes US human? "Homelanding" by Margret Atwood does a pretty good job of describing these question. This story is describing us‚ the humans‚ to other beings. She talks about our looks‚ our habits‚ and what very deeply connects us together. The story is from the point of view of humans communicating with other beings. The over all purpose though‚ is the idea of someone’s memories and experiences are much more important to learning how they act and live than their leaders

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    Margaret Atwood‚ in her short essay “True North‚” wants her readers to come away after reading her essay understanding that things have drastically changed from how they used to be and how they are now. Atwood begins to capture her audience’s attention first by reminiscing and recalling her childhood memories of how it used to be in the “old days” in “The North.” “The North‚” as she refers to it in her essay‚ is more commonly known to us as Canada. Atwood then refers to the United States as “The

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