Literary Analysis Of Marrying The Hangman, By Marrgaret Atwood

The poem by Margret Atwood, “Marrying the Hangman” exemplifies the conception of humiliation, commendably sanctioning the metamorphosing societal values. Effectively perceiving the perception of deception and guilt. Marrying the Hangman is fused by history which in turn invoked the official, written history of a woman who escaped sentence of death by convincing a condemned man to accept the position of hangman and to marry her, and the oral history of a violent encounter, shared among other women: "These things happen and we sit at a table and tell stories about them so we can finally believe." Atwood demonstrates a remarkable determination to confront humiliation in her poetry. The historical poem “Marrying the Hangman” includes a related observation: An example illustrating the humiliation she withholds, “To live in prison is to live without mirrors. To live without mirrors is to live without the self.” The body is enslaved to time and somehow disconnected from the person inside of it. The female protagonist explores the …show more content…
Which significantly impacts the way Atwood and Hawthorne perceive and depict the structural features of a poem and novel. The difference authors explore and the prospect of conveying meaning towards the facilitating. The parallels between “siren Song” and “Marrying the hangman”, whilst accompanying the themes of Humiliation and civilisation vs wilderness, both authors share the similarity through the battling feud between the stereotypes of women in society. Although the feminist aspect correlates the concept of circumstance as the composition of articulation towards the contemporary aspect of