Atwood also changes the story’s tenses. The past tense is used to start the story, in discussion of her life with the family. As the story nears the end, she begins to talk in the present tense. One example of this is,” Now they’re marching towards this house…” At the very end of the story, the protagonist begins talking in the future tense. She wonders what the angels will look like in heaven, “…I’ll look like an angel. Or perhaps the angels will look like me.” This was an interesting use of tense by
