Atwood reimagines the impending loss of the profession of two literary giants. In meta terms, both texts mirror the professional stage of each composer, ‘The Tempest’ is Shakespeare’s last play and arguably chosen by Atwood for retelling as someone also reaching for their final ‘chapter’. ‘Hag-Seed’, Margaret Atwood’s post-modern retelling of Shakespeare’s 17th Century play ‘The Tempest’, retains this central tenet in its narrative to suggest to modern audiences the uncontrollability of our lives due to psychological and physical constraints. Although societal structures have evolved over the last 400 years, the battle between agency and entrapment remains.
Atwood’s reimagining of ‘The Tempest’ examines the conflict between entrapment and agency with fresh eyes. Adrienne Rich When We Dead Awaken: Writing as Re-Vision 1971 Central to human nature is an individual's desire for agency in the face of societal forces that entrap.
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