Canadian Literature Essays Examples For College & High School Students in PDF

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An Analysis of the Novel, The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (632 words, 1 pages)

I read this one a long time ago, when it was first released. It was the cover of the book that caught my eye, the woman looking like someone out of a Brueghel painting, her face and body obscured by red and white. If you're an educated woman, this is ... Read More

Coleridge’s Imaginative Journey in Margaret Atwood’s Poem “journey” (1118 words, 2 pages)

Transformation due to the undertaking of an imaginative journey is a certainty for every person. After an imaginative journey the mind frame of the person who undertook the journey has altered due to a new understanding, therefore they are unable to return to the same mind frame that they previously ... Read More

An Analysis of Margaret Atwood’s Controversial Dystopian Novel “The Handmaid’s Tale” (1627 words, 2 pages)

Margaret Atwood's controversial dystopian novel, The Handmaid's Tale, leaves the reader with the lingering question of "what if?". Set in the near future, what is known to be the United States, is overtaken by puritan conservative Christians, creating the Republic of Gilead. Assasinating the President and congress, this religious extremist ... Read More

An Analysis of the Biblical References in the Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (5823 words, 9 pages)

SummaryThe Handmaid's Tale is set in the futuristic Republic of Gilead. Sometime in the future, conservative Christians take control of the United States and establish a dictatorship. Most women in Gilead are infertile after repeated exposure to pesticides, nuclear waste, or leakages from chemical weapons. The few fertile women are ... Read More

An Analysis of the Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood (810 words, 1 pages)

The Handmaids Tale Margaret Atwood Analysis of Serena joy What can we tell about Serena Joy and her attitudes to the regime and handmaids? The introduction to Serena Joy is quite hard to interpret in the way that it doesnt seem to, and cant, tell us much about her attitude ... Read More

The Methods of Propaganda in the Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (1683 words, 4 pages)

Early in The Handmaids Tale, Offred says, after having seen a group of Japanese women wearing short skirts, rather than the typical, compulsory dress of Gilead "We are fascinated, but also repelled. They seem undressed. It has taken so little time to change our minds about things like this" This ... Read More

An Analysis of the Variation on the Word Sleep by Margaret Atwood (958 words, 2 pages)

February 19, 2000 Essay 2 Analyzing a Poem Variation on the Word Sleep by Margret Atwood This is a poem about going into a dream. The speaker wants to sleep with a loved one and go into their dream and protect them from the subconscious fears. The speaker also wants ... Read More

An Analysis of the Imagery in the Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood (2814 words, 4 pages)

Imagery Throughout the novel, "The Handmaid's Tale", Margaret Atwood presents an astonishing amount of vivid imagery and description that makes up the style and flow of the novel. Perhaps the first images present in the novel are that of light and dark. Listed in the table of contents, the reader ... Read More

An Analysis of Women in the Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood (873 words, 2 pages)

Arent You Glad Youre Not a Woman? Throughout time, the majority of women have been held as inferior. Today even with our entire equal rights legislation women are still second-class citizens, looked down upon and are treated very poorly. In Margaret Atwoods, The Handmaids Tale, the women of Gilead area ... Read More

An Examination of the Historical Noted in the Novel, The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (668 words, 1 pages)

The 'Historical Notes' featured at the end of the Handmaids tale explain several un-answered questions about the book. There has been much debate on the subject of the Historical notes and whether they add or detract from the novel. The Historical notes take away the mystery of the book. The ... Read More

A Comparison of Writing Style and Themes in This is a Photograph of Me and Morning in the Burned House by Margaret Atwood (928 words, 1 pages)

Now You See Me, Now You Don't Illusion is often mistaken for reality. Poet Margaret Atwood's poems, "This is a Photograph of Me" and "Morning in the Burned House" can be compared in terms of writing style, and theme. In "This is a Photograph of Me" Atwood writes using a ... Read More

An Analysis of the Handmaid’s Tale (1330 words, 2 pages)

The dystopian novel, 'The Handmaid's Tale' implies the fact that there are two types of freedom, freedom to and freedom from. It is the paradox between 1980's America and Gilead that is examined continually throughout the novel and it's the ideas of 'freedom to' being a society of broad-minded morals ... Read More

An Analysis of the Short Story The Salt Garden by Margaret Atwood (976 words, 2 pages)

Short Story's Essay In the short story, The Salt Garden, written by Atwood, Alma has a realization that the balance of power in her relationship with Theo and Mort can not last forever. There are many instances of this loss of this power balance throughout the story. In about the ... Read More

An Analysis of the Theme of Betrayal by One’s Loved Ones in Two Novels: The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood and The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl (1456 words, 2 pages)

Betrayal by those we love is a scenario that has long been found in stories of our culture. Eve betrayed Adam by eating of the forbidden tree, Delilah betrayed Sampson by cutting off his hair, Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus, and the list goes on. In both The Handmaid's Tale by ... Read More

An Analysis of the Use of Shock in Atwood’s Novel The Handmaid’s Tale to Make Readers Recognize the Dangers of Contemporary World (2739 words, 4 pages)

Atwood says Gilead is "a logical extension of current trends. There is nothing in the text that hasn't happened already." How does the novel work to shock readers into a recognition of the dangers of our contemporary world? 2637 words with quotes Shock in 'The Handmaid's Tale' is used to ... Read More

On October twenty third, two thousand and two, 50 Chechen gunman and suicide bombers overtook a popular Moscow theatre, effectively removing seven hundred and fifty hostages from their lives in a manner which they could not control, much like the Offred from Margaret Atwoods novel, The Handmaids Tale, and Morag ... Read More

Analysis of the Novel the Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood (1999 words, 3 pages)

The Self of women, of Marian Mc Alpins time the 1960s, is reduced to purchasable goods. The beauty of women is celebrated in terms of the riches that are comparable to her her eyes are blue sapphires her brow is ivory and her lips are ruby. She is not only ... Read More

The Beauty of Storytelling Lost in an End to Audience by Margaret Atwood (749 words, 1 pages)

In An End to Audience? Margaret Atwood states that television has become too important in our society. She believes that television has become the storyteller to millions of children around the world, as compared to many yeas ago when stories were told by human beings. I strongly agree with her, ... Read More

The Dangers of Inner Enlightenment in the Journey to the Interior by Margaret Atwood (728 words, 1 pages)

Inner journeys involve the exploration of the self, as individuals review their growth and development in the light of experiences which challenge and inspire them. The inner journey has the power to challenge an individual's thinking. They provide new insights and understanding of the world and themselves. Margaret Atwood's poem ... Read More

An Analysis of Characters Relations in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale (1505 words, 2 pages)

In The Handmaids Tale, by Margaret Atwood, Offred has many different relationships. Some of those relationships are with the Marthas, the Commanders Wife and the Commander himself. Offred does have a relationship that is not like the others. This relationship is with Nick, a Guardian. This relationship that Offred and ... Read More

The Loss of Identity of the Character of Offred in The Handmaid’s Tale (515 words, 1 pages)

Offreds Lost of Identity The main character of this book is Offred, one of the faceless many of the new Republic of Gilead. Each day she is removed farther and farther from her true self, to a complete no one. Expected to feel nothing, think nothing, and want nothing, she ... Read More

The Creation of Offred in the Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (983 words, 2 pages)

The creation of Offred, the passive narrator of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, was intentional. The personality of the narrator in this novel is almost as important as the task bestowed upon her. Atwood chooses an average women, appreciative of past times, who lacks imagination and fervor, to contrast the ... Read More

Women’s Mundane Life in Margaret Atwood’s Siren Song (482 words, 1 pages)

A femme fatals tragedy Womens mundane life In "Siren Song Many of Margaret Atwoods heroines are independent, strong, and self serving. Those same characteristics are evident in "Siren Song." In "Siren Song," Margaret Atwood paints the picture of a mythical femme fatal who lures men to their deaths. The "siren" ... Read More

A Comparison of The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood and Poems by Judith Wright (946 words, 2 pages)

In Margaret Atwood's "The handmaid's tale" and Judith Wright poems, some subject matters are similar because there are a lot of imageries based on children and men, from voices of a woman. In "the handmaid's tale" the narrator has lost her child and husband, and in some Judith Wright poems ... Read More

An Analysis of the Theme of Society in the Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (1554 words, 2 pages)

English Literature The Handmaids Tale Will society ever reach a point where it is considered the 'natural norm' by all, and therefore unable to undergo further change? It is impossible to imagine that such a point could ever exist, as all people would have different belief, values and expectations according ... Read More

An Analysis of the Main Theme of Consumerism in the Edible Woman Ba Margaret Atwood (1696 words, 2 pages)

The main theme in the novel entitled The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood is consumerism. To consume, as defined by The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language is "To take in as food eat or drink up. To expend use up. To purchase (goods or services) for direct use ... Read More

An Analysis of The Handmaid’s Tale (736 words, 1 pages)

Story of Gilead Fact or Fiction In the year 2003, many people can not comprehend the historical implications of women's rights in the United States. It has been over a generation since women's movements toward equality tore down the barriers between men and women in the United States. Few people ... Read More

An Introduction to the Importance and History of Margaret Atwood and Her Feminism (1017 words, 3 pages)

Canada has had Its fair share of great authors like Farley Mowat, Steven King, Stanley Burke, and many more. But one Author that stands out from the rest is a woman who is not afraid to speak her mind. A feminise by the name of Margaret Atwood who has written ... Read More

A Brief Summary of Death by Landscape by Margaret Atwood (278 words, 1 pages)

In "Death by Landscape" Margaret Atwood explores the world of Lois, a widowed woman who has just moved into a new home which she covers with pictures. The story which develops from this, I found, was boring and another tale of lost sisterhood by Margaret Atwood. One thing which I ... Read More

A Look into Margaret Atwood’s Theory of Canadian Short Stories (631 words, 1 pages)

Atwoods Theory of Canadian Short Stories Margaret Atwood detects that in most Canadian stories there seems to be some sort of victim and their quest for survival. In the stories The Wedding Gift, The Butterfly Ward, and Skald, we find three of her four types of victims. First there are ... Read More

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