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Question 1

Themes

Answer 1

Women in history
Male gaze
Societal expectations
Substitute, subordinate, submissive
Ambiguous
Female challenges
Patriarchy
Biological difficulties
Restrictions
Female inconveniences

Question 2

Structure

Answer 2

Narrator substituting
Internal rhyme
Colloquial language
Lists
Altering pace
Inconsistent rhyme
Prefix - negative
Incomplete end - didn’t happen

Question 3

Typicality and context

Answer 3

Historical figures and events
Mocks male centric success
The Beatles
Female expectations

Question 4

Atwood

Answer 4

Societal hypocrisy
Motherhood
Marginalisation of females
Inferiority