Margaret Eleanor Atwood is a versatile artist in the Canadian literature. This book is an assessment of Atwood's belief about the condition of women, her portrayal of women and their status in Canadian patriarchal society. She has not overestimated the problems of women but holds a mirror to actual social status of women through her female characters who are true to life. She pleads for a healthy, harmonious and balanced man-woman relationship in which two sexes ...