Crash Course
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...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Why should you read "The Handmaid's Tale"? - Naomi R. Mercer
Margaret Atwood's speculative fiction masterpiece The Handmaid's Tale explores the consequences of complacency and how power can be wielded unfairly. Atwood's chilling vision of a dystopian regime has captured readers' imaginations since...
Physics Girl
Free Body Diagrams - Physics 101 / AP Physics 1 Review with Dianna Cowern
Lesson 5 (Free Body Diagrams) of Dianna's Intro Physics Class on Physics Girl. Never taken physics before? Want to learn the basics of physics? Need an AP Physics 1 review before the exam? This course is for you! Exercises in this video:...
Schooling Online
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...
Schooling Online
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...
Schooling Online
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...
Schooling Online
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...
Schooling Online
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...
Schooling Online
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...
Schooling Online
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...
Schooling Online
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...
Bloomberg
Cherry Jones to Guest Star on Season 2 of 'The Handmaid's Tale' | THR News
"Cherry was my fantasy choice [for the part]. We sent her the script, she wrote a lovely email back and she said yes almost immediately," star Elisabeth Moss tells THR.
Press Association
Margaret Atwood thrills fans by reading from her latest novel
Margaret Atwood wowed fans by reading from her latest novel, The Testaments, minutes before it went on sale at midnight. The Canadian author treated around 400 book lovers to a short reading from the start of her hotly-anticipated...
AFP News Agency
VOICED : Margaret Atwood y Bernardine Evaristo ganan premio literario Booker Prize
La canadiense Margaret Atwood y la anglo nigeriana Bernardine Evaristo recibieron el lunes en forma compartida el Booker Prize el mas prestigioso premio literario en lengua inglesa (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Press Association
Margaret Atwood thrills fans by reading from her latest novel
Margaret Atwood wowed fans by reading from her latest novel, The Testaments, minutes before it went on sale at midnight. The Canadian author treated around 400 book lovers to a short reading from the start of her hotly-anticipated...
Curated Video
Victims of one of Mark Wahlberg's racially motivated attacks as a teenage delinquent in 1980s Boston are divided over whether the actor should get the pardon he's seeking. A former state prosecutor says the pardon request should be denied. (Jan. 20)
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SOUNDBITE: Judith Beals, former state prosecutor:
"It was not just that he had violated it, but the second time was more violent and was toward a different class of individuals, Vietnamese...