A discussion of Margerat Atwood's use of shock in 'The Handmaid's Tale, and how it relates to current issues.
Title: A discussion of Margerat Atwood's use of shock in 'The Handmaid's Tale, and how it relates to current issues.
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A discussion of Margerat Atwood's use of shock in 'The Handmaid's Tale, and how it relates to current issues.
Category: /Literature/Biographies
Details: Words: 2738 | Pages: 10 (approximately 235 words/page)
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?
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Shock in 'The Handmaid's Tale' is used to keep the reader from being complacent with the text, to avoid the comfort that reading a 'good story' allows, and is also used to heighten the …showed first 75 words of 2738 total…
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