... All three of these stories are memorable science fiction/ horror classics, but what about the other short -fiction classics that people do not commonly hear about, the stories written by female writers. ...
Atwood has stunned the literary world forever with her classic novels, such as The Handmaids Tale and The Edible Woman, along with her daring short stories such as Murder in the Dark and Rape Fantasies (“Books” Page 1 of 4). In the short -story Rape Fantasies, Atwood uses comedy as well as fear and anxiety to get her ideas across to the reader through the use of an unknown first person female narrator. ... Most importantly, Margaret Atwood uses multiple metaphors “to relate her own rape fantasies as well as much of her philosophy of life” (“Short” 8).
The short story Rape Fantasies begins with the first person unknown female narrator demonstrating just how common rape is. The narrator opens with “THE WAY THEY’RE going on about it in the magazines you’d think it was just invented, and not only that it’s something terrific, like a vaccine for cancer” (Atwood 1). By the title of the story, one could only assume what she is talking about- rape. Atwood’s sarcasm can be seen as comedic at first, but as Douglas Hill, a Canadian editor and author, put it “The gum cracking one-liners of Rape Fantasies wear a bit thin after the first reading (“Short” 4). The narrator then states “RAPE, TEN THINGS TO DO ABOUT IT, like it was ten new hairdos or something” (Atwood 1). The narrator acknowledges the fact that rape is a touchy subject and that the media should not view it as something that is brand new and needs a wide retrospect of attention. ... But nevertheless, the media does view rape in wide retrospect and it is a highly acknowledged subject, which most women normally think about at least once in their lives.
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