Tempest Hag-See intro

Question 1

1. Red

Answer 1

Both Shakespeare and Atwood expertly navigate similar contextual conversations, mirroring ideas of imprisonment versus freedom as well as values of forgiveness and transformation in their textual pieces in order to comment on societal issues during their time.

Question 2

2. Yellow

Answer 2

The Tempest explores these contemporary concerns of religious persecution by highlighting ideas of imprisonment versus freedom, as well as underlining forgiveness and transformation through the exploration of social interactions under a renewed lens.

Question 3

3. Blue

Answer 3

In a parallel manner, Atwood strongly resonates with Shakespeare’s contextual concerns, while also drawing inspiration from modern humanism through the re-imaginative postmodernism text, Hag-Seed.

Question 4

4. Purple

Answer 4

Her decision to align and resonate with Shakespeare core ideas present in The Tempest allows her to expand upon key themes while also diverging in order to comment on the psychological incarceration of Felix, as well as his journey of emotional reconciliation and cathartic pursuit.

Question 5

5 Green

Answer 5

By re-imaging The Tempest, Atwood provides fresh insight for the reader by exploring societal concerns under a psychoanalytic perspective.

Question 6

6 Cyan

Answer 6

Ultimately the contextual conversation demonstrates that resonances are more significant than dissonances, as Hag-Seed amplifies and modernises The Tempest’s enduring ideas rather than subverting them.