Margaret Atwood

With reference to different interpretations and the contexts in which they were written, compare the presentation of identity in The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. An individual is defined as “a thing or being incapable of separation or division without losing its identity”, and this opposes the general characterisation of people in Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (1932) as most of the characters lack any sort of distinctive or individualistic…

the arts, but in Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood they seem to have it all figured out. The society in the novel is obsessed with the idea of immortality and because they believe science and math can help them reach that goal they consider them to be more important than anything else. Generally, when something is more important it is also considered more valuable, therefore the society considers science and math to be more valuable than anything, but Atwood argues differently. She shows that…

The composers Stephen Spender, Robert Browning and Margaret Atwood of the texts My Parents Kept Me from Children Who Were Rough, ¬¬¬My Last Duchess and The Handmaid’s Tale, all represent a sense of power in their corresponding texts through the use of a variety of language techniques embedded in their writing. The poems My Parents Kept Me from Children Who Were Rough, and My Last Duchess both explore the notion of personal power, while the poem My Parents Kept Me from Children Who Were Rough in…

individuals can relate. As an example, although only consisting of 4 lines, “You Fit Into Me” by Margaret Atwood contains a universal theme, about the nature of love, that is presented in a way that makes it unforgettable. The poem creates a perfect image in the readers’ minds and immediately shatters it before the readers even gets a chance to understand it. Through the use of a setup let-down formula, Margaret Atwood illustrates both the charm and agony that is involved in being entrapped in a…

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood is a dystopian fiction novel written in 1984. This totalitarian society was created by the government in order to gain control and oppress the citizens in Gilead. This novel follows the journey of the main character, Offred, before and after Gilead was created. Before Gilead was created June, whose name was changed to Offred after becoming a handmaid, had a husband, child, and job. Once the government took control everything was taken away. She was then…

The portrayal of the sirens is very different in the "Odyssey" by Homer and in Margaret Atwoods poem "Siren song." The tone in the "Odyssey" is mysterious and dangerous while in the "Siren Song" the tone makes you feel bad for the Sirens. The different point of view in them also create a different point of view on them. In the "Odyssey" the point of view is based on the captain and in the "Siren Song" the point of view is that of a siren, expressing how she feels. One of the most important…

Through Margaret Atwood’s poem The Loneliness of the Military Historian we learn that speaker includes herself within her opinion of how the world view the people of the military. She continues throughout to express her understanding of how the soldiers are viewed. “ Confess: it’s my profession/ that alarms you” (Atwood, 1-2), here the speaker understands that her profession is the reason she is not called upon, “this is why few people ask me to dinner/ though Lord knows I don’t go out of my way…

In literature, a majority of famous works have come upon social and political issues. In the novel, “Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood, the author uses literary elements to explore the social and political issues of the Republic of Gilead. Some of the elements used throughout the novel are imagery, foreshadowing, and allusions. One of the literary elements used in the novel is allusion. An allusion is an indirect reference. A large amount of the story has brought back the allusion of the…

the United States once said, “The great and invigorating influences in American life have been the unorthodox: the people who challenge an existing institution or way of life, or say and do things that make people think.” The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood presents unorthodox characters in Offred, The Commander, and Moira through freedom, relationships, and individuality. Offred, the protagonist of the novel, is an unorthodox character because of her small defiance of rules, want of little…

attempts to read the novel Surfacing, written by the Booker Prize winning Canadian author, poet, critic and environmental activist Margaret Atwood, through the lens of ecocriticism. Atwood has delved not only into the changing ecological Canadian scenario as an aftereffect of what she calls ‘Americanisation’, but through her protagonist and her journey of self-exploration, Atwood portrays nature as the elemental force that makes a man realise the essence of humanity, and only in oneness with…