Metafiction and Happy Endings (Margaret Atwood) METAFICTION A. Definition: The narrator of a metafictional work will call attention to the writing process itself. The reader is never to forget that what she is reading is constructed--not natural‚ not " real." She is never to get "lost" in the story. B. Possible Contents: intruding to comment on writing involving his or herself with fictional characters directly addressing the reader openly questioning how narrative assumptions
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elusive and manipulative Sirens of Homer’s Odyssey are the focus of Margaret Atwood’s poem "Siren Song"‚ though the latter is told instead from the Siren’s point of view. Through this new point of view‚ one is able to compare the portrayals of Sirens based on Odysseus’ account as well as a Siren’s herself. Additionally‚ the feigned blasé tone of Atwood’s poem adds a comical element that humanizes a being viewed only as a monster in the Odyssey. In Homer’s Odyssey‚ Sirens are portrayed as conniving
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Sound of a Siren In the poem by Margaret Atwood titled “Siren Song” multiple techniques are used and left out in order to create a specific and clever meaning. The poem works in a way that speaks to the reader from a siren‚ the speaker of the poem being the siren. It begins with the speaker telling the reader about a song of a siren; half women and half nymph. These sirens in Greek mythology would sing to sailors and attract them to their island. Once on the island the men would be killed or stranded
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story‚ “Happy Endings‚” by Margaret Atwood contains both journalistic and literary elements. While sections of this short story may appear within a newspaper article had these events occurred‚ multiple elements in this piece would not be included. Atwood contribute a pleasant mixture of these elements to construct a successful work. Margaret Atwood displays the feelings and reasoning behind the actions of the characters‚ making this a literary piece. In “Happy Endings‚” Atwood contributes a few expected
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Land of the Entitled‚ Home of the Desecrated In Margaret Atwood’s “Backdrop Addresses Cowboy” the title indicates that the speaker is the backdrop‚ or scenery‚ addressing a self-absorbed and naive cowboy. The cowboy represents the imperialistic nature of Americans‚ and the scope extends past the days of cowboys‚ settlers‚ and Native Americans‚ and can even be applied to our nation’s present state. Margaret Atwood is Canadian‚ and expresses her anti-American sentiments through her poem‚
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Margaret Atwood’s “You Fit Into Me” is remarkable in just how many Post-Modern devices are found in only four lines of poetry. Altogether‚ Atwood’s poem instantly seizes a reader’s attention with its economy of words‚ and peculiar structure. Noticeably‚ the two simplistic looking verses‚ zero punctuation‚ lack of capital letters‚ and bracketed title invite closer inspection. The unusual length‚ and form are true to Post-Modernism’s desire to bring awareness to the prose. In that regard‚ Atwood calculatedly
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“Context is all” (Margaret Atwood). Does this mean that there is no such thing as truth when considering knowledge gained through sense perception? Context is one of the most engrossing words in society. Knowledge can be assumed to be useless without the use of context‚ yet it is not always something that we need to consider in order for information to be proved true. As humans‚ we trust our sense perception‚ because we are easily able to justify everything we have witnessed. Certain pieces of
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traditional societal roles and their sexuality. As a result‚ sexuality and violence against women became major areas of concern. The traditional role of woman as sexual objects renders them susceptible to non-consensual sexual activity‚ such as rape. Margaret Atwood’s short story “Rape Fantasies” demonstrates the misconceptions concerning rape. The story is narrated by Estelle‚ who discusses her coworker’s lunch stories of their ‘rape fantasies’ to a man at a bar. She adds humour to the fantasies in an
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In Margaret Atwood’s novel Oryx and Crake‚ Atwood argues that genetic modifications are harmful to society instead of being helpful. Atwood shows this by describing all of the disasters that have taken place because of the genetically modified children. In the novel‚ genetic modifications start in animals‚ and then slowly progress to humans. When the modifications were taking place in animals there were a lot of people that knew about it‚ but once it switched over to the human population the people
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which may be seem strange‚ considering the great value that authors place on putting together original criticisms and interpretations. Many literary works of this kind also might draw from religious or biblical texts‚ and The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood is a clear example of this. This novel has borrowed characteristic traits from the Bible in order to influence certain religious practices or behaviors‚ divide social groups or classes‚ and to control usage of language within society.
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