The Tempest & Hag Seed – William Shakespeare & Margaret Atwood

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Analyse how the tension between appearance and reality highlights the connections between The Tempest and Hag-Seed. Intro: The retrieval of socio-political dialogism universally focalises the subject of narratives, each transforming its antiquated precursors into a recognisable setting. Assuch,composershistorically reconsider (dissonances/resonances) in socio-political contexts, as to remain relevant to their purpose and audience. William Shakespeare’s drama ​‘The Tempest’ textually focalises the Renaissance dynamics of power and inequality over the feminine and colonised – whereas Margaret Atwood’s novel ​‘Hag-Seed’ in the postmodern tradition – appropriates tension by inaugurating active protest against mass incarceration and empirically reconsiders oppressive social systems against the feminine and post-colonial identity. Comparatively, both texts compose an effective consideration of historical issues through their dissonances and resonances which socially illuminate the epistemological nature of truth.