we've been doing atwood for the past few days, but not mcuh to say that's not already on the sheets.
she's talking about how many feminists are trying to censor and really narrow the roles of females in literature, especially back in the 1970s. but atwood (speaking in the 1990s) says how that's boring and just like having breakfast, not very exciting.
she argues (and uses a lot of examples from texts) that people need to be bad in order for awesome stories to come about. she talks about being bad being human, and that's what makes life interesting, and that's why men are usually the interesting characters coz they're usually the villains.
today, we reached the point where she lists a bunch of female villains, talking about medea (jason's [as in argonauts] wife) medusa, delilah (as in sampson) goneril and regan lady macbeth and one.. sula.
she also made reference to fairy tales such as snow white, that glorify housekeeping.. but there's also the evil queen whom atwood seems highly interested in, and she talks of cinderella.. we talked about the original story todya in class.. funny coz on a black friday back in feb we talked about the same thing too hahaha.
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