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An Analysis of Margaret Atwood’s the Handmaid’s Tale (2964 words, 4 pages)

Pro Dystopia "I want everything back, the way it was. But there is no point to it, this wanting" (122). This is the desire of Margaret Atwood's central character Offred in The Handmaid's Tale. The novel is set in the near future in the Republic of Gilead which is formally ... Read More

An Analysis of Limitations of Gender, Power and Religion in The Society in The Text “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood (1161 words, 2 pages)

Task In the text The Handmaid's Tale, Atwood explores the limitations imposed by gender, power and religion. Discuss. In Margaret Atwood's A Handmaid's Tale, Atwood explores the limitations of society imposed by gender, power and religion. In the book, the male species is the dominant gender. The have a lot ... Read More

The Theme of Parental Affection in the Novel Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood (816 words, 2 pages)

Parental affection is crucial in a childs life especially druing their formative years. Abscence of this loveing and tender behaviour can be detrimental to the child in their later life. In the novel Cat's Eye, by Margaret Atwood, the main character Elaine Risley has sufered many emotional conditiona such as ... Read More

A Biography of Margaret Atwood, One of the Greatest Canadian Writers of All Time (1017 words, 2 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 poems, ... Read More

Power Issues in Margret Atwood’s The Handmaids Tale (2266 words, 3 pages)

Power issues in The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood The Handmaids Tale, a satiric dystopia by Margaret Atwood, contains a complex power structure. The novel details the methods through which power is used and abused in the different classes of people in Gileadean society. It describes how the Commanders, the ... Read More

An Analysis of a Dystopia in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale (1518 words, 5 pages)

The Handmaid Tale "The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood is a dystopia about a world where unrealistic things take place. The events in the novel could never actually take place in our reality." This is what most people think and assume, but they're wrong. Look at the world today and ... Read More

A Book Report on Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” (2139 words, 3 pages)

Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale A Study of Rebellion "Rebels defy the rules of society, risking everything to retain their humanity. If the world Atwood depicts is chilling, if 'God is losing,' the only hope for optimism is a vision that includes the inevitability of human struggle against the prevailing order." ... Read More

An Analysis of Siren Song by Margaret Atwood (860 words, 2 pages)

From its undistinguished title and neat, fluid three-line stanzas Margaret Atwood's "Siren Song" permits the reader to clearly and accurately absorb her theme. Yet, her allusion to Homer's great work, the "Odyssey", requires the reader to know the importance of the charming song of the fabled Sirens. First referenced in ... Read More

An Analysis of Rape Fantasies by Margaret Atwood (977 words, 2 pages)

Margaret Atwood's "Rape Fantasies" is an interesting account of how rape is perceived in out society and how women themselves make light of such a serious topic, perhaps to hide their true feelings about the issue when they themselves have been the victims of rape. Rape takes on two different ... Read More

An Analysis of the Handmaid’s Tale: A Parable of Women’s Role (584 words, 1 pages)

The Handmaid's Tale A Parable of Woman's Role The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood is set in the near future in the Republic of Gilead, formerly the United States. A religious extremist right-wing movement assassinated the president and congress and took complete control of the government.The constitution was suspended and ... Read More

Censorship in The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood and Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (1349 words, 2 pages)

When our Forefathers first assembled to write what would later be the law of the land for our country, it was impossible for them to predict that one-day society would advance to a point where issues not addressed in the Constitution would be raised. Our Forefathers authored the First Amendment ... Read More

Apocalyptic and Dystopian Themes in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmade’s Tale (2988 words, 4 pages)

In the course Y2k and The End of The World, we've studied apocalyptic themes, eschatology, and for some, teleology. Apocalypse, which is to unveil or reveal, eschatology, which is a concept of the end, and teleology, the end or purpose to which we are drawn, are all themes used in ... Read More

The Difference of Freedom for Girls in Reference to Munros Boys and Girls in Happy Endings, a Short Story by Margaret Atwood (1909 words, 3 pages)

Freedom Isnt the Same for Girls Atwood wrote freedom isnt the same for girls in her story Happy Endings. Although this is a controversial topic, I will argue in defence of her point freedom isnt the same for girls with reference to Munros Boys and Girls. It is true that ... Read More

The Three Essential Types of Deceit in Society in Bluebeard’s Egg, a Book by Margaret Atwood (1864 words, 3 pages)

Truth a concept that society has been continuously attempting to find, and once it does, it desperately attempts to redefine it, obviously, as they did not approve of what that truth, whatever it was, ended up being. It is in people's nature to attempt to hide aspects of reality, so ... Read More

The Variations on the Word Love by Margaret Atwood (437 words, 2 pages)

The word love can no longer be associated the meaning of intense feeling for another, that it once had. In her poem Margaret Atwood recognizes abuse and overuse of love, so much so, that it has lost its denotation. Margaret observes that this is a word we use to plug ... Read More

The Social Progression of Women Throughout History in Lysistrata by Aristophanes and The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (1290 words, 5 pages)

A females position in society has been an age-old question that is constantly evolving and as German reformist, Karl Marx, once said, social progress can be measured by the social position of the female sex. Two examples of the social progression of women throughout history is Aristophanes 400 BC playwright, ... Read More

A Review of The Handmaid’s Tale (490 words, 2 pages)

To try and be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment once said Ralph Waldo Emerson, an American poet. The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood, revolves around the life of one Handmaid, a female used to produce children, whose name ... Read More

An Analysis of Princess Prunella and the Purple Peanut by Margaret Atwood (667 words, 3 pages)

In Princess Prunella and the Purple Peanut Margaret Atwood uses the character Prunella to reveal a human beings psychological relationship to his or her own conscience. Princess Prunella is subconsciously obsessed with her physical beauty and wealth as she believes they lead to happiness. However, once Prunella is stripped of ... Read More

Analyzing The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood (604 words, 2 pages)

The novel Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood sets the novel during World War I, leading up to the late twentieth century. The novel is majorly about a three different stories that are tangled together in this complex work of fiction. It is typically a story of a women life. Iris ... Read More

Hollywood versus Bollywood (1403 words, 5 pages)

The film industry is the popular form of entertainment which attracts peoples attention. The number of people who pay to watch films is truly surprising. There are different film industries in the world depend of countries, languages, and cultures. Hollywood and Bollywood are world most popular and influential film industries. ... Read More

Published: Monday 28th of October 2013