them for succumbing to peer pressure. In “The Unknown Citizen” by W. H. Auden‚ the speaker‚ a government bureaucrat‚ also takes on this two-faced attitude towards a man identified as the unknown citizen. At first glance‚ this poem seems like the well-deserved tribute to a man who lived the perfect life‚ but after a more detailed analysis‚ the speaker reveals his attitude towards his subject. The speaker uses diction and irony to criticize the citizen for following the standards set forth by society
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The Unknown Citizen Wystan Hugh Auden (To JS/07/M/378 This Marble Monument Is Erected by the State) 1. He was found by the Bureau of Statistics to be 2. One against whom there was no official complaint‚ 3. And all the reports on his conduct agree 4. That‚ in the modern sense of an old-fashioned word‚ he was a saint‚ 5. For in everything he did he served the Greater Community. 6. Except for the War till the day he retired 7. He worked in a factory and never got fired‚ 8. But satisfied
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century. Educated at Oxford‚ he attracted attention as a prominent member of a group of young leftist writers who generally expressed a socialist viewpoint. The poem I have chosen for this essay is "The Unknown Citizen". I felt the time period reflected W.H. Auden’s views‚ making the unknown citizen an example of the government’s view of the perfect modern man in an overrated unrealistic society.<br><br>In the time period that he wrote this poem in the late 1930’s America was going through tremendous
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Service - Our Responsibility Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) was established by an Act of Parliament in 1965 to manage the water and sewerage sector of Trinidad and Tobago. An essential component of this mandate is the delivery of a safe‚ reliable and efficient water supply to satisfy the demand of all sectors of the economy. Whilst over the ensuing years there has been a steady increase in demand‚ there has not been the commensurate investment in infrastructure and the identification of alternative
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State the principle of triple beam balance A beam balance measures mass as opposed to weight‚ so the mass you weigh will be the same on the moon as it is on earth. Gravity is taken out of the equation‚ unlike a spring balance that measures weight and would measure an article to be 1/6 of the weight on the moon as it would be on earth using the same spring balance that relied on gravity. The principle is that of moment‚ or turning force/torque)‚ calculated by force x distance. Fundamentally‚
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Consitution of 1962 Background On 7 Oct 1958 the military assumed power in Pakistan under the leadership of general Ayub Khan who was the Commander in Chief at that time. The military abrogated the Constitution and the federal and provincial cabinets were abolished. The national and provincial assemblies were also abolished and martial law was imposed in Pakistan.Ayub Khan became the chief martial law administrator and in this way the 1st military govt came into existence in Pakistan. During
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Answer the following: Mimi Meowz is a large designer-clothing company that sells mainly to large retail department stores‚ as well as to smaller boutique shops. The company requires its salespeople to use notebook computers to enter orders from customers. This information is then transmitted to its warehouses‚ where orders are shipped on a first-come‚ first-served basis. Unfortunately‚ the stores are aware of this shipping policy and are extremely competitive about which one of them will offer a
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Can Detour Protein Candy Bars make you look attractive? In our daily lives we are exposed to advertisements that can impact us negatively or positively. When we look at an advertisement we tend to look at what is being advertised but if we looked more closely‚ there is always a story that is trying to be told to us. Several advertisements can bring negative stories that can be sometimes sexist. Sexist ads portray women as objects in order to convince consumers to buy the
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GAUTENG DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SENIOR SECONDARY INTERVENTION PROGRAMME English FAL Grade 12 SESSION 15 (LEARNER NOTES) LITERATURE: STUDYING DRAMA Learner Note: It is difficult to discuss a specific DRAMA in this session‚ since all schools are not doing the same prescribed work. This session will focus more on introductory notes on the study of drama and will include extracts from some of the prescribed plays. It is‚ however‚ very important that you know the basics of studying drama – once you
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B.Sc. (H) Computer Science 3-YEAR FULL TIME PROGRAMME RULES‚ REGULATIONS AND COURSES CONTENTS DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE FACULTY OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF DELHI DELHI – 110007 2010 Semester Systems at the undergraduate level Course of Study: B.Sc.(H) Computer Semester – I CSHT-101 Programming Fundamentals CSHT-102 Discrete Structures Digital Electronics Calculus and Matrices CSHT-203 Data Structures Semester – II CSHT-204 computer Systems Architecture English Calculus
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