by Margaret Atwood 'Hag-seed, hence! Fetch us in fuel. And be quick, thou'rt best to answer other business.' [Prospero to Caliban, The Tempest] From the off, we suspect that Hag-Seed might be be Atwood at her most provocatively outrageous. However, post-prologue, the novel settles down to a semblance of normality. Felix is sacked as artistic …