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Rape Fantasies Study Guide

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by Margaret Atwood
About 54 pages (16,275 words)
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Characters

Chrissy

Chrissy is Estelle's coworker who initiates the lunchroom discussion by asking, "How about it, girls, do you have rape fantasies?" Estelle describes Chrissy as "a receptionist and she looks like one; she's pretty but cool as a cucumber like she's been painted all over with nail polish, if you know what I mean. Varnished." Chrissy dreams of a rapist who breaks into her apartment while she is taking a bath. Chrissy represents a passive personality, someone who is easily influenced by novels, movies, televisions, and magazines.

Darlene

Darlene, who is 41, is the oldest woman in the office, "though you wouldn't know it and neither does she," Estelle comments. She is divorced and does not participate in the discussion about fantasies. She claims that she never thinks about such things and that the.....

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