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    Atwood presents us with heroines who suffer victimization but who are not finally defeated” How far do you agree with this view of Atwood’s presentation of Elaine thus far in the novel? Margaret Atwood’s novel Cat’s Eye explores the life of the female protagonist Elaine‚ and her struggle to move on from her difficult and disturbing past. As a heroine who suffers victimization‚ to say Elaine was not effected harshly by these circumstances would be untrue. The victimisation and bullying Elaine received

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    Summary and Analysis PrintPDFCite. “This Is a Photograph of Me‚” by the Canadian writer Margaret Atwood‚ presents a speaker who begins by promising to show us a photograph of herself. Later‚ however‚ we learn that the speaker has died from having drowned in the lake the photograph depicts. The poem begins with a title that is a crucial part of the text. Unlike many poems‚ where the title has little effect on the work’s meaning‚ here the title is essential to a total understanding of the whole

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    Margaret Atwood’s poem The Landlady presents a depressing and frightening experience of one living in a rented room. The landlady is very much the dangerous gaoler of this prison‚ and one who specializes in oppression. The poem is striking in its use of language‚ including imagery‚ sounds‚ and rhythms‚ that vividly portray the feared landlady and the shrinking tenant. The comparison of the speaker’s living situation to that of a prison‚ a place of oppression‚ is the dominant thematic

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    Margaret Atwood’s collection of poems‚ Morning in the Burned House‚ could just as easily have employed morning’s homonym—mourning—in the title. The overriding theme of loss and some of its sources and consequences—aging‚ grief‚ death‚ depression‚ and anger—permeate this collection and‚ in particular‚ Section IV which is a series of elegiac poems about Atwood’s father. The collection is divided into five sections. Section I opens with the poem “You Come Back.” This poem seems to look back on a life

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    Margaret Atwood Attitude

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    Surviving the Real World (Summary of Attitude by Margaret Atwood) By Rupashri Ashok BA-VIII/H-01/2014 Deciding on what to tell a graduating class of liberal arts is a difficult thing‚ and most of Margaret Atwood’s speech‚ Attitude‚ is delivered with that as a frame. Atwood addresses Victoria College’s Class of 1983 at their convocation ceremony with a humourous tone‚ mentioning a lot that they should know or shall soon find out about the world that they are being ‘launched’ into. Her point‚ though

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    treated. In Margaret Atwood’s poem‚ “The Animals in that Country” she confronts the idea of how animals are viewed from “that” country to “this” country by describing how the animals are treated in both scenarios and using a shift in her poem to show contrast between the two countries. Atwood uses specific words to describe the animals in both countries to show how they are viewed differently. The speaker begins the poem by firstly indicating that “the animals have the faces of people” (Atwood 798; lines

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    I was in fact very confused by the way Atwood describes the condition of the earth to the outsider (or alien). Because when you start to explain something to someone‚ you assume that both of you must first know and agree with something together. This feeling started from Atwoods description of a funeral: When a person has achieved death a kind of PICNIC is held‚ I thought the word PICNIC quite hilarious‚ as if an alien would know what a picnic is in the first place. And then I recall having seen

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    Only a handful of authors have been as successful as Margaret Atwood. She was born November 18‚ 1939 in Ottawa‚ Canada. As a poet and novelist she ’s won over 55 awards including the Arthur C. Clarke Award‚ the Governor General ’s Award and the Booker Prize five times (“Margaret Atwood”). Though she ’s written over 40 novels and collections of poetry‚ her most notable works consist of The Handmaid ’s Tale‚ Oryx and Crake‚ The Edible Woman‚ The Blind Assassin‚ and The Year of the Flood. She writes

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    Margaret Atwood is a phenomenal author and poet. She is one of the world’s most profound and renown authors and has received many awards. Her work has brought the world’s attention to controversial topics such as women’s rights. Margaret Atwood’s life is in the current time period. This time period has been shaped by events such as World War II‚ the Vietnam War‚ the Cold War‚ 9/11‚ and various other wars. However‚ it is also characterized by advancements in technology‚ biology‚ medical science

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    King and Margaret Atwood are two amazing authors with different style of writing. King talks about writing process in the interview “The Atlantic” and his nonfiction memoir “On Writing.” Basically‚ a manual book is for those who choose to write. Atwood sharing her experience of writing in the poem “The Page”. She expressed felling‚ frustrations and anxieties using metaphors. They celebrate the fact that writing is important component of our life. The poem “The Page” by Margaret Atwood is a philosophical

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