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    styles" . In fact‚ it has extended many of the fundamental techniques and assumptions of modern literature. A lot of aspects and characteristics of this relatively new current are well exposed in short stories such as "Happy Endings" by Margaret Atwood (Atwood) and "Videotape" by Don Delillo (Delillo). In this essay‚ we will first look at some basic elements of postmodernism and then we will closely examine the ways each of those two short stories exemplifies this type of fiction. Let us start with

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    is written in 1st person of someone describing a picture of him or herself drowned in a lake.xnt The poem depicts the narrator loosing a part of him or herself. There appears to be only one character and a narrator. The poem is set in Canada. Atwood use a passive and cheerful tone. The tone then shifts to a more somber regretful medium in the bracketed stanzas. This mood is to then convey how the picture should be viewed‚ a nice wooden house amongst “balsam or spruce” around the lake. The tone

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    Pafos is one of the island’s most mesmerising archaeological sites and the most accessible to visitors. Located in the resort of Paphos on the south-west coast of the island‚ Nea Pafos -as it was called in antiquity- is home to a treasure trove of some of the most lavish ancient mosaics in the world. Founded in the late 4th century BC‚ Pafos became the capital of the island‚ replacing Salamis‚ during the Hellenistic and Roman eras. Now a UNESCO World Heritage Site‚ the site is a vast archaeological

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    alliteration exhibited suggests that the composer is embracing both familiar and unfamiliar landscapes also reinforced by the high modality language that Alain De Bottom feels as though this should be both natural and universal. Similarly in Margaret Atwood The City Planners as she fails to embrace the ‘limits of other lands’ as she disagrees with the suburban … “what offends us is the sanities: the houses in pedantic rows‚ the planted sanitary trees”‚ Atwood’s use of the inclusive pronoun ‘us’ reinforces

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    Feminist Margaret Atwood and democratic socialist George Orwell who satirise totalitarian dictatorships through the extremist states of Gilead and Oceania wrote the dystopian novels‚ The Handmaid’s Tale and Nineteen Eighty-Four. Many forms of power are strongly evident within both novels and both novels focus upon politics and the role it plays within societies in order to explore the concepts of “to whom power is ascribed” and “who is considered to have power.” Atwood exemplifies the idea

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    plus the Painball gun – it shot paint‚ like a regular paintball gun‚ but a hit in the eyes would blind you‚ and if you got the paint on your skin you’d start to corrode‚ and they you’d be an easy target for the throat slitters on the other team” (Atwood 98). Painball was available to watch on television‚ similar to a reality show. (total change of subject)There is little nature in this world‚ species such as tigers and other animals have gone extinct‚ and scientists have replaced these creatures

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    Rouge? Truth‚ beauty‚ freedom and above all: love; these are the key principles of the bohemian revolution. Luhrmann represents and portrays these themes in a variety of different ways throughout Moulin Rouge. The film has strong links with the Orpheus myth giving Moulin Rouge a predictable‚ yet classic storyline. Through the use of archetypal characters‚ modern music and classical mythology along with symbolism throughout the film‚ Luhrmann creates a very unique representation on attitudes towards

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    Several internet sites that discuss Margaret Atwood’s "The Resplendent Quetzal" believe the story is about the happiness and love of a couple being destroyed due to losing a child. For example‚ DedicatedWriters says “the Resplendent Quetzal‚ portrays a married couple‚ Sarah and Edward‚ whose marriage has become dysfunctional since their child’s death at birth."I believe the death of the child did cause problems to their relationship‚ however‚ I think there were always problems in their relationship

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    Red Gown and the Name “Of‚” Would Never Happen Today Life could change in a blink of an eye. The everyday things you have grown accustomed to gone in a flash. As a woman in the story‚ A Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood‚ women are discriminated against. The U.S. Government gets taken over and corruption occurs. Men are considered a dominant race and women are treated like sex slaves and baby makers. All of the luxuries of money‚ jobs‚ clothing‚ and freedom that women had were thrown away in an

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    Compare the dystopian societies‚ and the methods used to create them‚ in ‘The Handmaids Tale’ by Margaret Atwood‚ and ‘1984’ by George Orwell (paying particular attention to the representation of gender). The futuristic and oppressive themes that define a dystopian society are in ‘1984’ by George Orwell and ‘The Handmaids Tale’ (THT) by Margaret Atwood. These forms of society feature contrasting types of repressive social control and these stories often explore the concept of humans abusing technology

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