BookRags.com Literature Guides Literature
Guides
Criticism & Essays Criticism &
Essays
Questions & Answers Questions &
Answers
Lesson Plans Lesson
Plans
My Bibliography Periodic Table U.S. Presidents Shakespeare Sonnet Shake-Up
Research Anything:        
History | Encyclopedias | Films | News | Create a Bibliography | More... Login | Register | Help


The Robber Bride Study Guide

Print-Friendly  Order the PDF version  Order the RTF version
by Margaret Atwood
About 135 pages (40,421 words)
The Robber Bride Summary

Bookmark and Share Know this work well? Help others and get FREE products!

Outcome, Chapters 56-57 Summary

Chapter 56: Tony realizes she has the power to turn Zenia into history by choosing to write her story. As with all history, the dead are in the hands of the living. Tony does not know who Zenia really was. There is no record of her birth. Tony realizes that an accurate reconstruction is impossible. She wonders if history really teaches lessons as it is supposed to do. Only historical battles have a clear sense of right and wrong action. Tony plods on despite this.

In Tony's cellar, her sand-table map of Europe now reflects the religious wars of the thirteenth century, the Catholics versus the Cathars. The Cathars believed in dualistic forces of good and evil and reincarnation, and they were led by female priests. Catholics, on the other hand, rejected reincarnation,.....

This is a free excerpt of 135 words. This section contains 837 words. This study guide contains 40,421 words (approx. 135 pages at 300 words per page).

Read the rest of this Literature Guide with our The Robber Bride Access Pass.

Ask any question on The Robber Bride and get it answered FAST!
Answer questions in BookRags Q&A and earn points toward
discounted or even FREE Study Guides and other BookRags products!
Learn more about BookRags Q&A
Copyrights
The Robber Bride from BookRags and Gale's For Students Series. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.



Join BookRagslearn moreJoin BookRags


About BookRags | Customer Service | Report an Error | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy