Suppression of Women in Surfacing by Margaret Atwood

ABSTRACT

Margaret Atwood, a highly acclaimed Canadian poet, novelist, critic, an activist and environmental activist was born in Ottawa, Canada in the year 1939.She is also known to be a prominent feminist writer who famously remarked saying that men are afraid that women will laugh at them while women are afraid that men will kill them. Atwood’s work flourished in more than forty languages. The Edible Woman (1969) was Margaret Atwood’s first novel and Surfacing was her second novel published in the year 1972. In her novel The Edible Woman, Atwood explores themes like gender stereotypes, loss of identity and alienation. The book talks about women being compelled to take a more feminine role and the life of domesticity controlled by men. In her famous book The Handmaid’s Tale (1985) she mentions about the oppression of women in a society which is dominated by patriarchal society. She presents deprivation of women’s rights and how women struggle to attain freedom and individuality.

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