which was published in 1992. Some other significant short fiction works include “Wilderness Tips”, “Bluebeards Egg”, “Murder in The Dark”, and “Dancing Girls”. All together Margaret Atwood’s major published pieces total over forty. For a majority of these works, Margaret Atwood has received numerous awards. Canada’s highest literary honor, the Governor General’s Award, was awarded to Atwood for her poetry collection “The Circle Game” in 1967. She received the award again in 1986 for her novel, The Handmaid’s Tale. Another significant work that has won Atwood a number of awards are Cat’s Eye, which is a novel that Atwood produced in 1988. Her large amount of awards proves to her readers that she is a good writer. By looking at a portion of these other works, short stories in particular, it is easy to compare a majority of her work and conclude that her writing of Rape Fantasies is typical of the work that she normally produces. In general, Atwood’s literary reputation for subject matter, themes and style are recognizable with the other work that she produces. In her short stories, she follows a few basics, but usually has one significant underlying meaning. The subject matter of Atwood’s works usually focuses on either relationships or power, perhaps sometimes both. The relationships in her short stories are either male to female or female-to-female. Atwood’s writing has a strong focal point on human relationships. Atwood consistently uses relationships to develop her stories. “In her novels, Margaret Atwood creates situations in which women burdened by the rules and inequalities of their societies, discover that they must reconstruct braver, self reliant personae in order to survive” (Goldblatt 276). In one of Atwood’s short stories, “Uncles”, the author presents the relationships tha...
