Margaret Atwood

... Margaret Atwood once wrote "Does feminist mean a large unpleasant person who'll shout at you or someone who believes women are human beings. To me it's the latter, so I sign up." This clearly shows that Atwood believes that feminism is not about depicting a woman as a strong and macho character but a real one with admirable traits and some imperfections. Cat's Eye, one of Atwood's acclaimed novels, is distinctively a feminist novel that shows two different kinds of women in society. The first being the stereotypically traditional woman, who is weak and submissive to man. She illustrates this type of woman through her minor characters - Ms. Smeath and Susie, both of whom play weak and traditional women who face tragedy in life. Her second kind is the heroic and feminist character that while being admirable and strong has some human weaknesses. She presents this with two

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