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Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Introduction to Margaret Atwood and The Blind Assassin
1.1 Introduction to Margaret Atwood and Her Female Complex
1.2 Introduction to the Novel: The Blind Assassin
1.3 The Significance of the Thesis
Chapter 2 Understanding Deception in Literary Creation
2.1 Definition of Deception
2.2 Deception in Literary Works
2.3 Deception Reflected in Atwood's Works
Chapter 3 Analysing Deceptive Characters in The Blind Assassin
3.1 Women's Deception as a Result of Patriarchal Suppression
3.2 Deceptive Female Charcters and Women's Role as Victims
3.2.1 Iris's Acts of Deception and Self-deception Personality
3.2.2 Laura's Deceptive Behavior
3.2.3 The Tongueless Girls' Silence and Self-deception
3.3 Male Characters' Deception and Richard and Alex's Role as Victimizers
3.4 Out of Deception and Females' Transformation from Victim to Survivor
3.4.1 Four Types of Victims
3.4.2 The Heroine, Iris's Transformation—Going out of Deception Maze
Chapter 4 Decoding Atwood's Deceptive Devices in the Novel
4.1 Unreliable Narrator
4.2 Untrustable Sight
4.2.1 Photographs
4.2.2 Mirrors
4.3 Trickery Gothic Element—the Mask of Lies and Truth
4.4 Deceitful Rhetorical Devices
4.4.1 Allusion
4.4.2 Parody
Chapter 5 Conclusion
Works Cited
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