One of Canada's foremost contemporary writers, Margaret Atwood is an internationally renowned poet, literary critic, novelist, humanitarian and political activist. Born in Ottawa, Ontario, in 1939, she spent most of her childhood in the Canadian wilderness. She has won praise and acclaim for ...

Is Margaret Atwood's rape fantasies a feminist story? When I first read the story, to me it was just a story about a woman narrating about a group o f coworker women bragging about how far they were able to go in their rape fantasies, how each of their fantasies was more interesting that ...

Irony in "Rape Fantasies" Rape Fantasies, by Margaret Atwood is overflowing with irony. Almost every type of irony is presented in this short story. From verbal to situational to dramatic irony, this story leaves nothing out. The ironic tone adds depth to the plot and makes the short story muc...