Critical Article #3 Reviews -- Margaret Atwood's Fairy-Tale Sexual Politics by Sharon Rose Wilson

This is basically a review of a review. Sharon Wilson originally wrote a book about Atwood, and this article is about the book Sharon Wilson wrote.
"... of the female artist's transformation from patriarchal Medusa monster in Rapunzel tower to woman artist courageous enough to draw on Medusa wisdom and her own artistic vision and 'touch"


The main theme of this article is that Atwood pulls out many themes of fairy tales into many of her stories. It says that Atwood has used several fairy tale stories at some point such as "Red Riding Hood" "The Little Mermaid" and much more. It then goes to say that fairytales have been neglected by feminists mostly due to the role the women in them have played; that is, being saved by the man. Wilson then goes on to say that the artists who paint the book jackets often emphasize the fairy-tale motif used in the story, and many people are unaware of it. The last part is that with Atwood's then-new book, The Robber Bride  was published, so was Wilson's, who argued that fairy-tales played a huge role in Atwood's work, but can't be seen in The Robber Bride.