Contrastingly, “Marring the Hangman” by Atwood expresses women’s oppression within society through the use of suppression. Atwood specifically expresses how society portrays gender roles displaying the women’s advantages towards men. She efficiently demonstrates the concept of females whenever they are in need of the opposite sexes comfort and benefit by conveying how the female within the poem requires the male’s – hangman – cooperation and service to be able to protect herself. Comparing towards Hawthorne, he exposes how women are the opposite of what society shapes them out to be by displaying the commitment Hester endured for her loved ones rather than being narcissistic. Through the use of repetition, “This voice becomes her mirror” (stanza