This is a Photograph Of Me--Margaret atwood

This is a Photograph Of Me--Margaret Atwood

Explain the feministic views of Margaret Atwood in her poem ‘This is a photograph of me’. 

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      How does Margaret Atwood’s poem symbolize with the oppression of the women?  

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      Describe the status of women in the society according to Margaret Atwood in her poem.

1.  Margaret Atwood was a great poet of Canada. Her poem “This is a Photograph of Me” was about the oppression of women in the society. The poet would begin the poem by promising to show us her photograph. Later she died from having drowned in a lake. The photograph was taken some time ago. It was dim and not clear. If the woman had done some important work in the society it would have shadowed and ignored her contribution.
2.                 In the left hand corner of the photograph there were branches of tree. These branches of tree have emerged with the frame house to right hand side. The frame house would stand for man and left hand side branches would stand for woman. In male dominating society, a woman was treated as left hand and man was treated as right hand. Left hand was normally weaker than right hand. Women were supposed to be weaker than men by giving her left position.
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4.                    The lake would stand for the society of the photograph. Beyond the society there were low hills. They kept the woman in shadow. She was centered for domestic work. But she was marginal for social, political and economical work. They have dimmed her photograph but her presence was there. They could destroy her photograph but not her existence. Woman has been exploited since time immemorial. Therefore the poet did not like male dominating society.

Best Regards,

Sasi Kumar

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