Shakespeare, the favorite dramatist of British crowned heads during the 1500s, is able to keep pace with the fast rhythm of today's entertainment industry. That might look like a paradox because his plays, so full of symbols, strong emotions, vivid characters, and savory puns, don't seem to fit into the tight and usually redundant patterns of today's mass-produced entertainment.

The Handmaid’s Tale In a passage from pages 84-85 in Margaret Atwood’s novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, diction, imagery, syntax, rhetorical shifts and other literary devices were used to depict the character’s attitude. Offred’s attitude towards her life was one of sorrow and depression. Offred had begun to take her bath, something that she seldom got to go.