Dani Gardner AP English October 4‚ 2009 Morning in the Burned House Margaret Atwood is a contemporary Canadian poet‚ story writer‚ and essayist whose Canadian background is present in her writings. “February” is a poem in which death is discussed and pondered. Despair‚ death‚ and destruction seem to be the theme of this poem. The poem opens with a single word in the first sentence: “Winter.” With this being the first thought in the poem it gives the delusion of cold but happy times for many
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In the 1940s‚ Margaret entered the field of astronomy while working on discovering the chemical composition of stars. In 1947‚ Burbidge was rejected from a Carnegie Fellowship at Mt. Wilson Observatory because she was a woman‚ therefore banned from working there. However‚ she actually accomplished much of her work at Mt. Wilson‚ pretending to be her husband’s assistant and signing his name to use the equipment. For years Margaret worked as a chemist instead of an astronomer
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Rape Fantasies: Female Victimization Margaret Atwood¡¦s ¡§Rape Fantasies¡¨‚ a monologue of a woman discus her concern about the topic of rape‚ demonstrates the power struggle between men and women and how female are victimized by the society. Furthermore‚ Atwood talks about the importance of having ¡§voice¡¨ as a power or solution to victimization. In the story‚ there is an exploration of female vulnerability‚ and victimization in the rape fantasies. Atwood through using the voice of the first-person
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been tirelessly fighting the good fight‚ women rights. Hitting some roadblocks on the way‚ women have been making wide strides‚ with the goal always being equality between the genders. Under the circumstances in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s‚ Margaret Atwood feared a continued inequality between genders and what would become of women. Extremists
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The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood is a dystopian novel centered around the protection and imprisonment of women in a society named Gilead. Although‚ there are many differences between modern society and Gilead‚ the most significant difference is the type of freedom given to women. The contrasting aspects of the two types of freedom is best described by Aunt Lydia‚ who believes‚ “There is more than one kind of freedom. Freedom to and freedom from. In the days of the anarchy it was freedom to
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The poem The City Planners is a poem written by Margaret Atwood. It starts off about the poet driving around the streets and describing what she sees‚ some things are praised‚ but there is also a list of complaints. Then the poet describes the City Planners‚ which I think they are builders or architects and their so-called constructive work. In the view of the poet it seems that they are building very tidy and smart buildings but they are actually destroying nature and the environment. The first
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fourteenth amendment "guaranteed equality before the law" for blacks‚ the fifteenth amendment granted suffrage‚ the right to vote‚ to black men. However‚ at the same time‚ women were still denied many basic rights of equality‚ such as the right to vote. Motivated by the progress of African American’s‚ women activists joined together to combat gender inequality in feminist movement. These women who actively resisted traditional
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In Homer’s Greek epic poetry‚ "Odyssey"‚ the Sirens are described as devilish‚ mythical creatures while in Margaret Atwood’s poem‚ the "Siren Song"‚ are portrayed as innocent‚ mythical creatures trying to escape their fate while using tone‚ point of view‚ and monologue to each’s advantage of portrayals of the Sirens. Throughout‚the encounter of the Sirens in the "Odyssey"‚ Homer’s diction places the Sirens as villains preventing Odysseus from completing his journey. Homer writes‚ "...the Sirens
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exchange of money for goods and services. Workers produce these commodities for a company‚ but they do not benefit the worker. Karl Marx‚ a sociologist‚ created a theory based on capitalism to explain how commoditizing people and goods effects society. Margaret Atwood uses Marx’s ideas about commodities in her novel Oryx and Crake. She uses specific language and situations to portray a society centered around people as objects. Karl Marx defines a commodity as “an external object‚ a thing which satisfies
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“Happy ending” is Margaret Atwood short fiction story about two undeveloped character‚ whom she called John and Mary. The story itself is very different from most of other short stories‚ Atwood present six different stories with all same character and each story provide different plot with the same conclusion. However‚ what stood out most is Atwood visibly addressed the stereotypical belief women are inferior to men‚ representing the gender bias against women. Firstly‚ the stereotypical
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