A Comparative Analysis Of 'Sirens' By Margaret Atwood

Abobakr Abedelmalik
AP English
Mrs. Garner
A-3

Sirens

In both versions of the story the author portrays a form of tone that is carried out throughout the stores. In the first story you have to really figure out what the sirens are. While in the second story the sirens are straightforward and very easily to figure out. In both of the stories you can easily tell what was going on and portray what’s happening also they both have a similar theme. There is a strong use of metaphor in both text for example the English translated text says “Never has a sailor passed our shores in his black craft until he has heard the honeyed voices pouring from our lips. “There is a strong metaphor use there because the author is saying the voices are pouring from our lips our being the island. In the story siren song written by Margaret Atwood the author also looks at the sirens and makes caparisons. The point of view of the authors in both the stories are subjective.

Both of the stories use a lot of imagery when the authors compare the sirens to something they usually compare them to a visual representation. One has more imagery and is more direct and the other story has less imagery and is less direct. Both of the stories seem to tell a story about the sirens that is very compelling, however one story uses more literally devise and makes a lot of comparisons between things while the second on requires one to really think to be able to decipher the