Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood is a very inspirational Canadian writer. Margaret’s writing is based on true stories and life events which allows readers to relate to her work. Three recurring themes in The Moment, You Begin, and More and More are the purpose of life, dreams, and nature. These themes are significant and are already themes studied in books the ENG 3U1 courses studies, which is why Margaret Atwood should be required reading. The theme of life is evident in The Moment, You Begin, and More and…

island and lure men to their death by singing a captivating song. The painter John William Waterhouse depicted his version of the Sirens in his painting Ulysses and The Sirens as birds with the head of a women . In the poem “The Siren’s Song”, Margaret Atwood displayed the Sirens as intelligent and cunning women who easily deceive men sailing by into their deaths. In the painting Ulysses and the Sirens, John William Waterhouse uses the story of Odysseus and the Sirens to…

Through Characteristic Traits Is there unorthodoxy in our world? Are people killed for being unorthodox? Is there a certain group of people that are unorthodox and another that are orthodox? In The Handmaid’s Tale, a dystopian novel written by Margaret Atwood, Offred, the narrator, is confined to few rights just like the other females in the Republic of Gilead. As a Handmaid, Offred’s only job is to conceive a child with a Commander. During their daily walks, Offred and Ofglen discuss their…

This dissertation will be an attempt to explore how Margaret Atwood uses existentialist concepts in The Heart Goes Last (2015). I will attempt to prove that, in the novel, freedom of choice is a requisite element to find one’s true self and therefore; be happy. Literature is an experimental place where everything can be built or deconstructed in order to analyze and reflect upon the real world and the nature of man. Consequently, it is a laboratory where authors can branch out possibilities…

Tale, author Margaret Atwood argues that the success of patriarchy is built not only on the obedience of but also on the support from women, who are used as the most effective weapon against themselves. By depicting the Wives who seem to be adamant supporters of patriarchy but suffer as pathetic victims as well, the Aunts who brainwash the handmaids and also abuse them physically and mentally, and the working ladies at the night club who were once erudite and educated women, Atwood indicates…

In the novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Offred is the narrator and a protagonist in the story as well. Margaret Atwood, the author of the narrative, chose to use a first-person narrator in the story who gives a tale from her point-of-view explaining the events and memories that took place around her. Importantly, Offred gives the narration as the events happen and shows a reader her thoughts through digressions and flashbacks. Offred is a Handmaid in the Gilead Republic, which is a state…

Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood creates an extreme circumstance to show the inequality between men and women in our current society. Several themes from the story make it a good fit to be viewed through the feminist critical theory lense, including: the role of women in the society, women’s sexuality, and relationships between women. Canadian author Margaret Atwood has gained popularity over the years since she first started writing stories, eventually publishing more than forty works…

written by Margaret Atwood in 1983. Margaret Atwood is a Canadian author who is most known for writing the books The Edible Woman, The Robber Bride, and Alias Grace (Atwood, 1983, p.311). The Handmaid’s Tale takes place in a world where the United States has been overthrown and replaced by a new nation called Gilead. Gilead is a place where women have been subjected to a new role in society. They are no longer allowed to have a job or do a lot of things that they used to be able to do (Atwood,…

The first poem “Helen,” by Hilda Doolittle, depicts the hatred of Greece towards Helen, the woman who was the cause of the Trojan War. The second poem, “Siren Song,” by Margaret Atwood is from the point of view of a Siren, half women and half bird. In both poems, the speaker doesn’t follow the traditional viewpoints that Greece still adores Helen and that the Siren Song is a beautiful song. In translation, the song is actually is a deadly song that lures nearby sailors and causes deleterious…

The quote, “History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme”, redacted from another quote by Mark Twain (O’Toole), could act as a summary for Margaret Atwood’s, The Handmaid’s Tale. In this novel, a dystopian society is implemented through the utilitarian control of a Biblical patriarchy. While certain analyses of this novel comment on the piece’s abstractness and point to the realities as to how this type of society could never exist, every detail in this book was created via something that…