Margaret Atwood's 'Alias Grace'

Even though humans all have the same label, preferential treatment resides with the males. This is especially true in “The Female Body” by Margaret Atwood. Considering the society’s perception of how interaction between races and genders should be, white males are at the top of the social hierarchy. In this hierarchy, the white are above the coloured and the men are above the females. Hence, women are given selective and limiting freedom and yet men are also limited by society to the point that most men do not realise they have limitations placed upon them. Nevertheless men and women do not live their lives, they survive and yet men seem to enjoy life. Therefore women are marionettes, men are puppets and society is the puppeteer.

For Grace the reader doesn’t gain much insight on the characters emotions for she is only briefly given a few 3 sentence paragraphs in the book. Although the character did not have all that much views from them, the reader was able to interpret her relationships with other characters. Grace was also described as a person who cared about the people and animals around her. She had always

The first way that Atwood attempts to incorporate problems that humanity is facing in the futuristic setting of the book is by displaying the effects of global warming as researched, predicted and imagined. Atwood tries to show what happened to the spaces of the world that we are familiar with “It was like going to Harvard had been, before it got drowned” (173), in this small sentence Atwood speaks volumes on the effects of global warming that will be discussed further in detail in the next paragraph. Another example of this can be seen here: “A mile or two to the south, a salt marsh is forming on a one-time landfill dotted with semi-flooded townhouses” (148). Another part of the global warming phenomenon is the rising temperatures on the planet

Across the world and time, women have struggled to fight society’s tendency to fit them into one of two stereotypes. A woman is either a weak, frail creature dependent on the men in her life or she is a vixen who uses her femininity to seduce innocent men into doing her bidding. For suspected murderess Grace Marks, the main character of Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood, the way others perceive her could lead to her freedom. Marks’ role in the Kinnear and Montgomery murders was sensationalized by the media, catalyzing the events of the novel as enough people remained convinced that Marks was innocent to petition for her release from prison years after the case had been settled. Grace Marks ultimately uses the way others perceive her to her

Poem: Siren Song, Margaret Atwood https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/32778/siren-song Poetry Explication: Siren Song This poem dramatizes the relationship between men and women, specifically the power that a woman can hold over a man. In the opening lines of the poem, the narrator introduces the reader to her “song,” explaining how irresistible it is and how it “forces men to leap overboard in squadrons even though they see beached skulls” (4-6). She talks about how no one can explain this, because all who have experienced it are dead.

Alias Grace, while a contemporary work, is still revered as an excellent piece of feminist literature. Furthermore, the story's protagonist, Grace Marks, was closely based on the real life murderess' Grace Marks. Paired alongside Grace Marks, is the fictional character Dr. Simon Jordan. The story revolves around the narration of both Grace Marks and Dr. Jordan. Throughout their narration, they act as the vehicle of delivery for Margaret Atwood's social commentary on the society of the 1800's. In particular, much of her social commentary regards the issues of gender equality and social class. Throughout the social injustices that characters face, the readers cannot help but feel how backwards and archaic society was. Thus Margaret Atwood uses

The minister's Black Veil by Nataniel Hawthorne disputes multiple factors that a story offers not only of those problems in the story but also the ones we face in everyday life. It is demonstrated throughout the story that in our life span, we live with problems or also referred to as sins, which we do not put much attention to. Moreover, people worry more about others than looking at what they are doing. It is shown throughout the story demonstrated by a quote,”The next day, the whole village of Milford talked of the little else than Parsons Hooper’s black veil.” Hence, a theme given for the story would be that of secret sin shown off by us humans living in this world.

Not a lot goes on in Chapter 1. In Chapter 1 the main focus is that the readers are introduced to Snowman. Chapter 1, starts off with the section Mangoes. We are introduced to Snowman. The next Section is titled Flotsam. In Flotsam,Snowman is sitting at the beach sucking on a mango. He is worried that something will happen to the children when swimming in the lagoon. The children show him a bag of trinkets, and ask Snowman what they are. Also, the children question Snowman about his gray facial hair. The section ends with him telling the children to go away. The final section of the chapter is titled Voice. It is described in this section that Snowman is very lonely. There is a description of Snowman’s body in this section. He has bug bites, gray hair, and yellow toenails. The section ends with while staring at his body, he hallucinates thinking there is a female voice talking to him.

It is thought that if her love was real, and she did not commit the murder, that Grace Marks would be a wreck after such a tragic event. Instead she acts calm and collected, and she even goes as far as wearing Nancy’s clothes and even taking her money, both being blatant signs of disrespect. Even more blatant would be the fact that Nancy was strangled, and Grace’s handkerchief was the “weapon.” Also, Grace had little or no love interest in James McDermott, her co-murderer. However, McDermott had interest in her, which Grace used to play him by giving him false hope that if he did what she said that he’d have a chance to be with her. This is exemplified by McDermott’s desire to please her, even though she had no interest in him. It was his goal to convince her what a good guy he was, and that hopefully that would make her want to be with him. McDermott also knows that Grace has sincere interest in Mr. Kinnear, which would make it easier for him to kill him in cold blood. Grace also used taunting as a device to get her way. She presented the idea of killing Kinnear and Nancy as challenges to McDermott, and he would try and complete these challenges to win her affection. For instance, Grace told McDermott that he was all bark and no bite. This statement may be the main reason that McDermott killed Nancy and Mr. Kinnear, as that allowed him to prove that he was daring enough activity to prove to Grace

It was 1843. Sixteen year-old Grace Marks was a Canadian housemaid. She tried for the murder of her employer and his mistress. After worldwide publicity, Marks was declared guilty at the hands of the jury. Although the jury delivered her as guilty, there were two views to her story- was she an unfortunate woman, emulsified in a crime she could not fully comprehend, or was she a murderer.

In the book Cat 's Eye by Margaret Attwood, Elaine 's identity and her perceived sense of self is unique. The positive and negative experiences in her life have helped shape it. My own life experiences have also shaped me into the person I am today. Our childhoods and our nurturing during this crucial time has a powerful impact on what kind of individuals we turn out to be.

Everyone knows and loves the classic tale of The Wind in the Willows, the story of how three friends, Rat, Mole, and Badger have adventures wherever they go, whatever they decide to do. So what is the appeal in their homes? The essence of homes is the happiness and memories made in it, and homes are the center of life, where one can see the riches, joys, and pleasures found in each of their little residences.

“Women as a Metaphor in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale” by Sonia Chadha compares the treatment of women in society to the treatment of women in The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. Chadha’s essay leaves her readers in a state of bewilderment after only a few pages. Her disorganized structure and repetitive subjects are only a couple reasons of why this essay is an absolute mess. Chadha’s essay is all over the place and only shows one-side of the argument. Overall, this essay was poorly written and very repetitve.

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In a book and in a period of the history in which psychology emergence as a science takes an important role, it is difficult to decide whether Grace’s case is one in which a demon occupies her body or not but, opposite to what Dr Jordan and Dr DuPont defend and even though when there were other theories which end up as more significant for the case, it seems interesting to highlight the conclusion that is apparently drawn by Margaret Atwood. Right from the start the hint is on the title of the book which the author chooses to name “Alias Grace” as a nickname or a name that has been borrowed. This is added to the fact that the name Grace uses when she and McDermott crosses the border with USA is Mary Whitney. Also, the name of the chapter in