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    The Beauty of Life: How Atwood Constructs Her Message in “Happy Endings” Readers around the world are drawn to happy endings. We thrive on the “happily ever after‚” the tying up of loose ends that ignores the frays in the strings – the consequences of the conflict‚ the other sides of characters‚ and the scenes that made us take a step back‚ but are tolerable in the end because the last page has been turned. The universe that we left behind on our bookshelf is fine and dandy‚ so the intricacies that

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    Imagine we travel through time‚ where gender equality did not exist or maybe they didn’t apply it. How hard it was for woman to survive in an environment were a man controls everything? If you are a man‚ I invite you to change of shoes and take the position of a woman. Would you be that woman? Who endure any humiliation? I hope your answer is NO. Nowadays we are still having problem of gender equality‚ sadly I am not a super hero who can go and change this problem‚ but I will incite you to continue

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    is what Margaret Atwood writes about in “The Age of Lead” from 1991 The story is told by a limited third person narrator. The narrator is telling the story from an outer point of view. The narrator is focalized on Jane in the story. Besides that‚ the narrator acts like a fly on the wall. This influences the story and the way you

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    survive. In many countries women are penalized just for being women. Women are often treated as objects instead of being treated as human being. In the novel handmaids tale Margaret Atwood depicts the inequality and disrespect that women are forced to suffer through‚ through the use of symbols. In the handmaids tale by Margaret Atwood the citizens of the totalitarians regime project their traumatic experiences onto symbols Feminine symbols are shown through food and items. The females in the book‚ especially

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    Margaret Atwood’s poem “Siren Song” (rpt. In Greg Johnson and Thomas R. Arp‚ Perrine’s Literature: Structure‚ Sound‚ and Sense‚ 12th ed. [Boston: Wadsworth‚ 2015] 797-798) draws in the reader by describing what a siren song and what it may be. The definition of a siren song according to Merriam-Webster is “ an alluring utterance or appeal; especially : one that is seductive or deceptive.” This definition plays an important role in the entire story that is being told in this poem. There are many different

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    interpreted as one‚ which subtly complains about women in general‚ as Atwood claims that the song ‘forces men to leap’. Through generalizing ‘men’‚ the poet naturally separates the two genders in order to convey that no one man is individual‚ similarly to women. In contrast to this idea‚ the likelihood of Margaret Atwood writing so negatively about her own gender is slim. Additionally‚ another perspective of the poem could be taken where Atwood hints at her need for revenge on men and how they are shallow

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    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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    which is‚ arguably the premise for Margaret Atwood’s novel ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ and Atwood applies this method of thought through her novel‚ and particularly to the ending. When ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ was published in 1985 feminism was becoming more widespread and successful movement‚ with the ‘Married Women’s Property Acts’ being passed in the UK only three years beforehand and different strands of feminism evolving throughout the world‚ some of which Margaret Atwood includes within her text: Such as

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    find out that the reason why Tig and Oona divorced was not because of Oona‚ but the two of them as a hole. It gives insite to their failed marriage with the fact that OOna would give her total life’s attention at her writing‚ and leave Tig to take care of the children and the house completely alone. Even though to the public eye Tig and Oona’s relationship could only be described as perfect‚ it is obvious that deep down being married to Oona was bringing him down. They were often seen together

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    In "Happy Endings"‚ Margaret Atwood uses satire to mock the idea that happy endings actually exist. Atwood is trying to prove the point that the ending will always be the same‚ therefore it is not important. What is important is the quest to reach the end. That reason being because no matter how a person pursues their journey to the end (rich‚ poor‚ mansion home‚ trailer home) it will never change. Atwood tells the reader not to focus on the “who” and “what”‚ but to focus on the “how” and “why” (259)

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