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VCE English: The Penelopiad

Comparative study: Photograph 51 by Anna Ziegler and The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood (SAC – Comparative Response)

YouTube Videos - The Penelopiad

Penelopiad Lecture (Repetition and Compulsion Theme)

Margaret Atwood discusses The Penelopiad, her novella that reminisces on the events during the Odyessy.

Lecture by Jill Fellows for the "Repetition Compulsion" theme. For Arts One at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.

Clickview: Comparison The Penelopiad and Photograph 51

Clickview: A text study screencast comparing the works by Margaret Atwood and Anna Ziegler.

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What is it about?

The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood is a novella. Published in 2005, as part one of the Canongate Myth series. 

In The Odyssey, by Homer, Odysseus' wife is Penelope. This book from Atwood is from the perspective of Penelope and her twelve maids that are killed.

LitCharts: The Penelopiad

Listen to The Odyssey by Homer on Wheelers

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