Margaret Atwood - Para 2

Question 1

Furthermore, Atwood effectively uses her ?

Answer 1

reputation as a writer to bolster her ethos and her vision and values about the potential for equality in literature

Question 2

Atwood was a former ?

Answer 2

university lecturer, as well as a poet and novelist, whose work received critical acclaim and popular appeal

Question 3

she was able to bring her messages to the forefront through?

Answer 3

such intellectual knowledge and reputation

Question 4

Atwood portrays?

Answer 4

the illogical nature of binary differentiation between what constitutes morally good and morally bad through utilising a deliberative approach, questioning “women who wore makeup and high heels were instantly suspect, those in overalls were acceptable”.

Question 5

Such juxtaposition demonstrates ?

Answer 5

logos by positioning the audience to realise that such constructions within society mean women are subject to social conformity.

Question 6

Furthermore, the allusion to

Answer 6

“Dame Rebecca West”, an early 1912 feminist activist

Question 7

quote of Dame Rebecca West?

Answer 7

“Ladies of Great Britain…We have not enough evil in us”, effectively asserts her credibility through the validation of the idea that “female complexities should be given literary expression”.

Question 8

Atwood promotes ?

Answer 8

the diverse identity of women and advocates the rejection of conformity that is present in literature.

Question 9

why is her speech enduring?

Answer 9

as in contemporary society, female presence in literature continues to be largely disregarded