Rape Fantasies
Many times, a serious topic needs to be lightened up in order to make it less frightful. In Margaret Atwood’s “Rape Fantasies,” the author is able to lighten up the topic of rape through her skillful uses of comic tone. She establishes this tone by using the elements of irony and humor in order to lessen the reader’s intimidation of rape. Throughout the story, Atwood is able to convey a sense of humor in the tone. One element she uses to convey this humor is setting. Atwood uses a “women’s lunch room” as the setting of this discussion. The fact that it would take place in such an open, public location allows the reader to laugh at the situation as the story begins. She also uses extremely incongruous behavior from the women. An example of this would be as Chrissy heads over to the group, one expects her to discuss the serious issues of rape
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Approximate Word count = 576
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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