Margaret Trudeau

Transcendentalism is a philosophy that originated in the 1830's. Its chief aficionado, Ralph Waldo Emerson, began the movement by meeting regularly with other intellectuals of the time to discuss a various array of topics. The Transcendentalism movement was the mainstream flow of writers in the New England Renaissance, large in part to it affected all of the scholars of the period. The contrasting philosophy anti- Transcendentalism was a small philosophical movement predominantly consisting of…

Oryx and Crake, written by Margret Atwood is about a man named Snowman, once called Jimmy; who is living on a beach with a non-human species called Crakers. Crakers ask him many questions about life which causes Snowman’s anger toward Crake, who is their creator. Oryx is a female voice that results in Snowman’s hallucinations. This essay will demonstrate the non-human adaptation that Snowman evolves as he is isolated from mankind. Evidence shows Jimmy’s emotional connection to animals when…

In her Sense and Sensibility, author Jane Austen uses the titular values to analyze the societal institution to which the female characters are restrained. This critique features the presentation of one’s emotions and sensitivities, but more important than what is expressed, however, is what is not. Through the limitations of the period’s etiquette, Austen illustrates that the restraint of one’s tongue may aid in verbal combat, but may also hold one linguistically captive. Similarly, poet…

Motif of Identity In A Visit from the Goon Squad, a variety of characters are presented through each section, marvelling the reader with their unique complex backgrounds that are evidently linked. The motivations and language for each dramatis personae outlines their distinct purpose in the novel, yet their interconnected paths overlap due to one shared attribute, their hunt for identity. Through a psychoanalytic lens, this motif is considered a personification of Jennifer Egan's struggles…

The middle class back in the 1960s was not opposed to the ideal fact of poor black women substancing a birth control pill to stop them from having children. The argument for this time was the middle class wanted them not to take the pill, The counter argument that African American women at the time questioned by the authorities were that they were afraid if the whites made them take birth control pills than they control how many kids they are having. One article reads “ Under slavery, African…

Introduction The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood and The Bath by Janet Frame both show the extraordinary loss of freedom humans can suffer in their lives. These talented writers have portrayed this theme through skilful use of characterisation, setting and imagery. In dystopian novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, antagonist Offred is stripped of her freedom by a theocracy. This government demand single women to be surrogates for rich, barren couples. In the short story, The Bath by Janet Frame, a…

many ideas, movements, events, and people that shaped the history of sex and sexuality in the twentieth century. The three most influential are Margaret Sanger, Alfred Charles Kinsey, and the Homophile Movement. Margaret Sanger made birth control accessible to the public, which altered the way in which people of the twentieth century understood sex. Margaret Sanger’s impact on contemporary society was tremendous. Sanger enabled women to control their fertility and made birth control…

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood is a dystopian novel set in a future America. In it, a woman named Offred is a Handmaid in a republic called Gilead. Offred—whose name stems of-FRED--is one of many fertile women forced to carry the children of their masters in order to make up for declining births in the years past. With her old life erased, Offred finds herself provided for with daily necessities: a conservative red habit, daily bread, and a suicide-proof room to stay in. Provided with…

individualism and autonomy. In order to achieve this totalitarianism, these men are willing to do anything necessary in order to achieve their goals. Just like how the aboriginal’s lost their independence by the early settlers, the proletariats in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaids Tale have lost their individualism by the power-hungry aristocrats that control the…

visits Hailsham and shows little interest in the students, this conveys that the world outside of Hailsham condemns Kathy’s kind and that she will constantly be fighting a predetermined identity that civilisation has formed for her. In contrast, Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, portrays the progression of finding identity in extreme circumstances. The name of the characters reveals early on in the novel that people within Gilead society don’t have a sense of individualism, for example…