Margaret Atwood is a Canadian poet‚ novelist‚ and critic‚ noted for her feminism and mythological themes. She was born in 1939 in Ottawa‚ about the same time World War 2 started. Her life was lived in a time of male dominance‚ which she did not like. She expressed her views of this by writing‚ and her writings showed many of the feminine views that she believes in. According to a reviewer‚ Atwood’s writings are obtained from the "traditional realist novel‚" where often the female protagonist is representative
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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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public reactions as Paul Keating”. David Day. Keating’s left-wing political beliefs stemmed from his pro-Labor‚ Catholic‚ working-class family background. Having left school at 15 after completing his Leaving Certificate‚ Keating went to work‚ studied electrical engineering at night‚ and joined his father in supporting the Labor party. Through his political interests‚ Keating met former controversial state Labor party leader‚ Jack Lang who took the impressionable Keating under his wing. Having
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between male‚ female‚ civilian and soldiers. The use of collective nouns “we … us … our” creates connectedness within all people of his audience‚ sharing the same grieving process encompassed by war. The “horrors of war” is bluntly affirmed by Keating through accumulation “mad‚ brutal‚ awful struggle”. This concedes accountability at the hands of previous Australian government‚ whereas his honesty creates an affable image‚ adding to his persona. His emotional response and rhetoric pace captivates
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CONTEXT • Remembrance Day/ Armistice Day- 1993 • Republican debate- ALP- made Republicanism the party line in 1991 under Hawke • May 1993- Republic Advisory Committee set up • Mabo- 1992/ Native title- 1993 • Keating two year into PM role PURPOSE • Dual purpose: -> commemorate those who have died and those who have served for Australia in field of conflict -> political agenda- to unite‚ galvanise and forge new identity for Australia under Keating’s leadership-> for Australians to take
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If they committed some crime they would be punished for their actions. Fear can influence decisions‚ beliefs‚ and change a person’s thought whether if it’s what they want for themselves or for the society. The story of “Half-Hanged Mary” by Margaret Atwood‚ is about a women that lived in the town of Massachusetts and was convicted of being a witch. The story shows that Mary didn’t have a choice if she was guilty or not‚ because there was no one there to back her up with evidence. The authority
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Perspective‚ the women in “Happy Endings” are typically portrayed as weak characters. In this short narrative‚ we follow the storylines of two women who have issues in their love lives. The first scenario begins as the perfect love story‚ but as Margaret Atwood keeps writing‚ each scenario becomes darker than the last. In “Happy Endings” the female characters all seem to rely only on men. This causes multiple problems for them‚ all of which result in death. The author writes about two particular
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Assess contribution of Prime Minister Paul Keating to the development of Australia and it’s society Prime Minister Paul Keating’s legislations and leadership has led to the development of Australia and it’s society. Keating’s vision was to create a republic of equal citizens. He aimed to achieve this through legislations reconciling our relationship with Indigenous Australians‚ building economic ties with Asia-Pacific region and improving the workforce. Ultimately‚ Keating’s vision led to significant
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modern democratic society and due to this reason people should not be afraid with talking to teacher and moreover asking the advice. A great example of relationship between teacher and his student could be seen in the movie “Dead Poets’ Society”. Mr. Keating methods of communications with his students was very
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whole" Choose TWO speeches and argue how the structure of each contributes significantly to your understanding of the speech as a whole. An orator’s ability to utilise speech structure permits them to not only convey their ideas efficiently‚ but also to help achieve a social change and improvement. This notion of social change is at the heart of any successful speech. The idea of “parts to the whole” is shown in both Paul Keating’s Funeral Service of the Unknown Soldier and Margaret Atwood’s Spotty
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