genre

Question 1

johnathan swift - IN THE DEDICATION
“but as to myself, having been wearied out for many years with offering vain, idle, visionary thoughts, and at length utterly despairing of success, i fortunately fell upon this proposal…”

Answer 1

satire guy in the 1700s
made a joke about eating the poor in 1729 during the Irish famine.
people did not get the joke
survival takes away peoples ability to reason

Question 2

mary webster- IN THE DEDICATION

Answer 2

one of atwoods puritan ancestors, who was accused of being a witch in conneticut in 1683
but she survived and was allowed to go free

Question 3

“the war interferes with the oranges from california”

Answer 3

corruption of the natural enviroment
use of dystopia, symbol of loss (loss of pleasure in its most innocent forms)
rarity of oranges reflecting the 1800s england, while they were colonising. reflects the reverting and devolving and scarcity due to dystopian conditions

Question 4

“now that she is carrier of life is closer to death”

Answer 4

stark irony
she is doing what she has to, to survive
but she is now a recourse (like an orange) reflects dehumanisation of the necessities

Question 5

watched “by a team of eyes”

Answer 5

perversion of the body

Question 6

“for i was… blinded by the storm”

Answer 6

blinded by tragedy to the reasons behind the tragedy (tht blinded by the day to day struggles instead of the overaching injustice and twotw blinded by the immediate deaths and struggle to come up with a solution)

Question 7

“then there will be an ending”

Answer 7

intertwining of story narrative and the story perspective

ambiguity reflecting the unsurity and powerlessness that occurs with no knowledge, no solutions to be had

reflects inevitability of humans to be violent