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THE REVENGE SCHEMA OF ANXIETY THRESHOLD: AN ANALYSIS OF ATWOOD'S HAG-SEED

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Anxiety is a typical threshold phenomenon. Both threshold and schema, sharing the commonality of dynamism and infinite possibilities, together constitute the tension of the text. The schema is the main line running through this work, while the threshold is the motive force to generate the schema and make it flow. In Hag-Seed, the anxiety conflicted by reality and imagination creates the revenge schema, and the struggle between the two sides of humanity makes the development of the revenge schema up and down. From self-imposed confinement to self-relief, and finally, to the dissolution of the revenge schema, the protagonist returns to reality. Atwood uses this work to explore the issue of survival under the anxiety prevalent in modern society. Survival does not mean only physical but also spiritual one. Therefore, the writer believes that it is feasible to use the healing effect of humanities and arts on people's spirits to free them from anxiety. However, how to fundamentally solve this issue still lies in men themselves.

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