good‚ she was very‚ very good‚ And when she was bad‚ she was horrid!” Atwood begins her speech with an anecdote and quotes this famous nursery rhyme to gain a personal connection with her audience and to introduce the subject of her speech – women in literature. Atwood established herself as a controversial writer‚ bringing her radical views such as feminism to the centre of political discussion. Throughout the speech Atwood explores the changing role of women in society through their portrayal
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Science Article Summary The Earthquake Machine Author UNKNOWN Earthquakes! What do you think about when you hear that word? Questions pop into your head‚ the main one is "Why earthquakes happen"? It all started out on April 18‚ 1906‚ there was an earthquake called The Great San Francisco Earthquake. On that faithful day both sides of the Great San Andreas Fault permanently shifted. Shocked by the drastic movement‚ scientist began to study the ground. The fence
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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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works The Female Body by Margaret Atwood and The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin romanticizes the view of women in their own opinion‚ emphasizing ideas such as women being portrayed as common housewives‚ objects‚ emotional delinquents‚ and submissive individuals. The similarities include both authors has their own distinct
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MARGARET ATWOOD: “SPOTTY-HANDED VILLIANESSES: PROBLEMS OF FEMALE BAD BEHAVIOUR IN THE CREATION OF LITERATURE” BUI CONTEXT Margaret Atwood is once of Canada’s best known literary composers. She is best known for her ability as an author of novels such as Alias Grace‚ Bodily Harm‚ Hairball‚ Rape Fantasies‚ and the highly acclaimed The Handmaid’s Tale‚ which was later made into a movie. These works establish her as a feminist writer‚ raising issues of women in literature‚ the difficulties associated
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of her targets‚ to lead them to their demise. Margaret Atwood is precise in using each aspect of her poem to guide the reader through her version of the “cat and mouse” game between the siren and her prey. Atwood first uses the allusion of the sirens‚ in order to invoke a sense of knowledge
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English 1020 The Great Debate: Weight Machines vs. Free Weights The debate between free weights and weight machines has been around as long as the machines themselves. From body builders to stay-at-home moms trying to stay in shape‚ the great debate has been fueled by the fact that there is no ‘one size fits all’ method. Individuals are encouraged to find the method that works for them. There are many angles from which this argument may be examined such as cost‚ safety‚ effective
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An Innovative Milk Vending Machine for India’s Dairy Sector In March 2006‚ four friends and alumni of the Indian Institute of Technology‚ Madras connected from different parts of the globe and started talking. Ajit Narayanan worked as a storage engineer with American Megatrends Inc. In California‚ Aswin Chandrasekaran was an analyst managing product strategy for Capital One Financial Services Inc. in Washington DC. Adib Ibrahim was doing technology consulting at KPMG in Dubai. And Preetham
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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 Machine Gunners Extract Shell Workshop CHAS McGill emerges out of an air-raid shelter at the bottom of the garden. CHAS (T/A): My name is Chas McGill. And this is my shelter at the bottom of my garden… Concurrently‚ we see JACK‚ dressed in his wardens uniform‚ sat at the kitchen table. He is exhausted. MAGGIE‚ dressed in a floral-print dress and pinny‚ is serving breakfast. JACK makes a sausage sandwich. CHAS heads towards the kitchen. …The garden of my house at number nineteen
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