Surviving the Real World (Summary of Attitude by Margaret Atwood) By Rupashri Ashok BA-VIII/H-01/2014 Deciding on what to tell a graduating class of liberal arts is a difficult thing‚ and most of Margaret Atwood’s speech‚ Attitude‚ is delivered with that as a frame. Atwood addresses Victoria College’s Class of 1983 at their convocation ceremony with a humourous tone‚ mentioning a lot that they should know or shall soon find out about the world that they are being ‘launched’ into. Her point‚ though
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Tricks With Mirrors by Margaret Atwood In Part I of Tricks With Mirrors‚ Atwood uses a seemingly vague introduction to the subject matter‚ but gets straight to the point. Within five lines‚ she distinctly identifies her role as a mirror as she says‚ "I enter with you and become a mirror‚" (4-5). She gives the impression that she is merely an object in this relationship. She is a mirror through which her self-absorbed lover may view himself. "Mirrors are the perfect lovers‚" she states (6-7). They
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Atwood mocks this scenario as the fairy tale life and argues that it is unrealistic to the lives of contemporary families and relationships. In another scenario‚ Atwood tackles the challenging task of displaying a more realistic relationship and the appalling way in which women are sometimes treated. Atwood illustrates the character of Mary as weak and regarded by John as an object. Mary worries about
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Margaret Atwood is a phenomenal author and poet. She is one of the world’s most profound and renown authors and has received many awards. Her work has brought the world’s attention to controversial topics such as women’s rights. Margaret Atwood’s life is in the current time period. This time period has been shaped by events such as World War II‚ the Vietnam War‚ the Cold War‚ 9/11‚ and various other wars. However‚ it is also characterized by advancements in technology‚ biology‚ medical science
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Name: Course: Instructor: Date: Moral in "Happy Endings" by Margaret Atwood Thesis: If fiction is supposed to appeal to our ethical nature in Atwood’s opinion‚ what is the happy ending‚ or moral‚ we are being asked to look for and help society attain in “Happy Endings”? I. Obstacles are a natural part of life as seen with how Atwood portrays the lives of typical people as they struggle to overcome various obstacles. (a) While they all have individual differences‚ these plots ultimately end in the
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Doris Lessing’s On Not Winning the Nobel Prize (2007) and Margaret Atwood’s Spotty-Handed Villainesses (1994) are both worthy speeches because they evoke a personal response in their intended audience and offer solutions to complex global issues. These issues are complex because they do not have a clear answer and hence‚ remains a controversial topic and reverberates across time. Therefore‚ the solutions offered by these speeches also resonates beyond the contextual audience and holds value for the
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romantic novels‚ they often observe a tale full of adventure seasoned with conflict; however‚ other people‚ such as scholar Marcia K. Lieberman‚ ask‚ “to what extent [do] they reflect female attributes” (259)? The short story “Happy Endings‚” by Margret Atwood takes the reader for a ride through a myriad of scenarios: which consist of the American dream‚ as depicted in part A; the real-life endings‚ seen in parts B and C; and other non-typical scenarios viewed in scenes D‚ E and F. A common theme among
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is reveal. In The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood‚ Penelope faces this exact scenario when she is left behind in Ithaca as Odysseus leaves to fight in the Trojan war‚ losing the only person she can trust. In the absence of Odysseus‚ Penelope’s complex character is revealed. Atwood effectively uses diction‚ point of view‚ syntax and tone to characterize Penelope as a skeptical‚ needy and loyal character. The first person perspective used by Margaret Atwood in The Penelopiad gives us valuable insight
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Only a handful of authors have been as successful as Margaret Atwood. She was born November 18‚ 1939 in Ottawa‚ Canada. As a poet and novelist she ’s won over 55 awards including the Arthur C. Clarke Award‚ the Governor General ’s Award and the Booker Prize five times (“Margaret Atwood”). Though she ’s written over 40 novels and collections of poetry‚ her most notable works consist of The Handmaid ’s Tale‚ Oryx and Crake‚ The Edible Woman‚ The Blind Assassin‚ and The Year of the Flood. She writes
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and Margaret Atwood are two amazing authors with different style of writing. King talks about writing process in the interview “The Atlantic” and his nonfiction memoir “On Writing.” Basically‚ a manual book is for those who choose to write. Atwood sharing her experience of writing in the poem “The Page”. She expressed felling‚ frustrations and anxieties using metaphors. They celebrate the fact that writing is important component of our life. The poem “The Page” by Margaret Atwood is a philosophical
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