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The Handmaid's Tale, Part 2: Crash Course Literature 404
This week, John Green continues to teach you about Margaret Atwood's speculative fiction, The Handmaid's Tale. In this installment, we're looking at Atwood's desire to tell a story from a female point of view, and what exactly it means...
Crash Course
The Handmaid's Tale, Part 1: Crash Course Literature 403
In which John Green teaches you about Margaret Atwood's speculative fiction novel, The Handmaid's Tale. John looks at some of the themes in this classic dystopian novel, many of which are kind of a downer. The world of Gilead that Atwood...
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Ray Bradbury
Awarded a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation, recognizing a lifetime of influential literary works, Ray Bradbury wrote from a desire to “live forever”. Through sci fi, fantasy, horror and mystery to themes of death, loneliness and the dark...
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Food & Fiction: Memorable Meals in Literature | PBS Digital Studios
Food varies wildly from place to place and from culture to culture; since humans are such sensory creatures, using words to evoke the experience of eating is an excellent way to bring a text to life. Hosted by Lindsay Ellis Written by...
Schooling Online
Powering Through Prose: Margaret Atwood, Hag-Seed - Plot Summary
Revenge! Riot! And psychedelic drugs? This is Hag-Seed, Margaret Atwood’s modern prose adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. This lesson will give you an overall plot summary of Hag-Seed. You’ll meet our protagonist, Felix, and see...
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Powering Through Prose: Margaret Atwood, Hag-Seed - Context
Join us for an overview of Margaret Atwood’s world. We’ll show you how key issues and events in the real world have shaped her ideas in Hag-Seed. An award-winning Canadian writer, Atwood draws inspiration from many things, including...
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Powering Through Prose: Margaret Atwood, Hag-Seed - Theme of Revenge and Redemption Part 2
How do you redeem yourself after doing terrible things in pursuit of revenge? In this lesson, we’ll consider the possibility of Felix’s redemption after years of bitter plotting and unethical behaviour. We’ll look at the toll that...
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Powering Through Prose: Margaret Atwood, Hag-Seed - Theme of The Power Of Art
Can literature and drama really change our lives? How can Shakespeare empower us from within?
Felix Phillips brings the magic of Shakespeare into the lives of his students at Fletcher prison. His latest production of The Tempest is going...
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Powering Through Prose: Margaret Atwood, Hag-Seed - Part 3 Summary
The prisoners are slowly embracing The Tempest, mostly because Felix hired a real female actress to play Miranda. Is bringing a young, attractive woman into the prison wise? Once rehearsals get underway, egos start to clash. Felix also...
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Powering Through Prose: Margaret Atwood, Hag-Seed - part 5 Summary
The show was a success! Now for the prisoners’ last assignment. Did they learn anything valuable from this production, other than how to use drugs, surveillance and blackmail? Will Felix be back next year? It’s also time for Felix to...
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Powering Through Prose: Margaret Atwood, Hag-Seed - Theme of Marginalisation and Imprisonment Part 2
In this lesson, we continue our exploration of the theme of marginalisation and imprisonment in Hag-Seed. We’ll look at the way Atwood depicts the prisoners, also known as the ‘Fletcher Players’, and how they have been marginalised in...
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Powering Through Prose: Margaret Atwood, Hag-Seed - Part 1 Summary
In a dark room inside a Canadian prison, a special production of The Tempest is presented. All seems normal until BOOM… the lights go out and shots are fired in the darkness! Meet Felix Philips, the mastermind behind the chaos. He was...
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Powering Through Prose: Margaret Atwood, Hag-Seed - Theme of Grief and Mental Illness
Isolation, grief and anger are never a good combination. After the loss of his wife, infant daughter, and his prestigious job, Felix Phillips struggles to get his life back on track. Alone in his rural shack, dark thoughts and delusions...
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Powering Through Prose: Margaret Atwood, Hag-Seed - Theme of The Role Of Women Part 2
How important is it to respect your female colleagues? Pretty darn important! In this lesson, we’ll look at the way Margaret Atwood portrays the role of women in the workplace. The characters of Estelle and Anne-Marie are central to...
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Powering Through Prose: Margaret Atwood, Hag-Seed - Part 4 Summary
The time has come for Felix and the Fletcher Players to stage The Tempest. Rehearsals have gone well, the costumes look great, and even Ghost Miranda even has a part! But how will Tony Price and his powerful friends react to being...
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Powering Through Prose: Margaret Atwood, Hag-Seed - Part 2 Summary
Felix is now in his fourth year as drama teacher at Fletcher prison and things are going well. So well, in fact, that some political big-wigs want to see for themselves - Tony Price and his cronies! Revenge at last! Now all Felix has to...
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Powering Through Prose: Margaret Atwood, Hag-Seed - Theme of Revenge and Redemption Part 1
How far would you go for revenge? Is blackmail the answer? In this lesson, we’ll look at Felix Phillips’ revenge plot against Tony Price, the man who stole Felix’s job twelve years ago. Now that he’s living in rural poverty and teaching...
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Powering Through Prose: Margaret Atwood, Hag-Seed - Theme of Marginalisation and Imprisonment Part 1
After being fired from his prestigious job, Felix Phillips feels washed up and forgotten. Holed up in his isolated rural shack, Felix sees ghosts and concocts a deranged revenge plan. Meanwhile, Felix’s students in Fletcher prison know...
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Powering Through Prose: Margaret Atwood, Hag-Seed - Theme of The Role Of Women Part 1
After the death of his daughter and losing his job, Felix Phillips needs to rebuild his life. But he won’t get very far unless he respects the women who come to his aid. In Hag-Seed, Margaret Atwood portrays the complex and vital role of...
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'The Handmaid's Tale' author Margaret Atwood is named a Companion of Honor in Britain's New Year Honors List
AUTHOR MARGARET ATWOOD IS NAMED A COMPANION OF HONOR
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Duchess of Cornwall hosts tea for Booker Prize winners at Clarence House
CLEAN: Shows interior shots Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, posing for photos with Booker Prize winning authors Margaret Atwood, and Bernardine Evaristo, as they attend a tea for the Booker Prize Foundation at Clarence House, on 15th...
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Women in 'Handmaid's Tale' costume protest hearing
The first day of testimony for Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh was marked with protest and chaos, with more than two dozen protesters disrupting the hearing at several points and were removed by police.
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Women in 'Handmaid's Tale' costume protest hearing
The first day of testimony for Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh was marked with protest and chaos, with more than two dozen protesters disrupting the hearing at several points and were removed by police.