Often the appeal for the reader of a literary work is the atmosphere a writer creates (for example, peaceful, menacing or ironic). In what ways are atmospheres conveyed and to what effect in two of the works you have studied?
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Atmosphere, in both tragedy and dystopian prose, is more than background mood: it is the emotional environment through which the reader or audience experiences a work’s central concerns. In Hamlet and The Handmaid’s Tale, atmosphere becomes an active force shaping interpretation. Shakespeare constructs a Gothic, me