. Some elements that allowed for a comparative essay are female protagonist, eating and the justification behind it, power struggles, and the ever-present relationships between both male and female and female-to female. Margaret Atwood offers no ending to the underlying question that she poses throughout the short story, “Rape Fantasies”, of whether a man could rape a woman if she were to strike up a conversation with him. She leaves that entirely up to the woman to decide. Most of her writing will deal with a social problem, yet never offer any sort of solution. Atwood likes to write about social afflictions that cause an unequal attitude between men and women. Overall, a comparative analysis of Atwood’s works have proven that she does consistently use similar subject matter, themes, and style to express her feelings and complete her stories. “Rape Fantasies” was written in Atwood’s typical framework for which she has written other pieces, but it is very possible to also prove that “Rape Fantasies” is in a category of it’s own. ...
