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    The Average Man W. H. Auden satirizes the United States as an entity‚ which restrains individual advancement. Through depersonalization‚ the government rewards those who actually never do anything. However‚ the "Unknown Citizen" has a monument built as a symbol of his perfection. Thus‚ Auden’s "The Unknown Citizen" shows how the government makes each individual merely a number unless they do not conform to society’s norms. The monument of the "unknown citizen" is erected not to honor the

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    W S Merwin Analysis

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    Poets like W. S Merwin convey this concept of simultaneity in his three poems‚ “For the Anniversary of My Death‚ Losing a Language‚ and Drunk in the Furnace.” Merwin mixes-up chronological time in his poems to combine the past with the present. Using time as a major tone in these three poems‚ it allows the reader to unfold how Merwin delivers this duality of what was to what is the case. “For the Anniversary of My Death‚” Merwin writes about his appreciation and love for the life he had‚ as he

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    If I Could Tell You Auden

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    "If I Could Tell You" Analysis In "If I Could Tell You" W.H. Auden uses personification‚ repetition and imagery in order to prove the point; you must live your life like you do not have time left. Auden gives a vast setting over all. There are two main characters; Auden and time. The dialogue is in first person and he is speaking to some one he cares about. Auden uses personification to give life to time. This shows how time is the keeper of our destiny. He personifies time because he does not

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    Victors and Vanquished The history of the Western hemisphere is full of war and conquest. One of the most significant and defining of those conquests is the downfall of the Mexica/Aztec Empire. While there are many other events to choose from‚ this one stands out since it was one over one of the largest empires in Central America. It is also important to look at because of the immense cultural impact it had. The story of this takeover reads like a movie script‚ a small band of Spaniards single

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    poem entitled “Curiosity” written by Alastair Reid is a symbolic poem that uses cats as a metaphor for humans. It relates felines to people in the sense of curiosity‚ and what could be considered actually living life to the fullest. Essentially‚ this work contradicts the popular phrase‚ “curiosity killed the cat” by placing it within a broader context. Instead of discouraging curiosity‚ Reid explains why people should embrace it. In the first stanza‚ the author argues that the cat may have died

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    “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley Victor is a very self-centered person‚ and he is dedicated to his experiment. He becomes obsessed with creating the fiend that he doesn’t communicate with his family. He lets Justine get convicted because he doesn’t want to admit to what he has done. He thought the fiend would kill him on his wedding night‚ so he protects himself instead of protecting Elizabeth. The fiend is kind-hearted and very lonely. He went out at night‚ and brought back fire wood for the family

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    Secretary Chant” by Marge Piercy feel unappreciated and lost as employees. Jorge is “outside…of [Americans] understanding” and The Secretary is lost in her work and compares herself to objects such as her “hips are a desk.” The employees from these poems have become hidden behind their duties and are slowly sinking into the unknown. “Jorge the Church Janitor Finally Quits” begins with Jorge’s point of origin. While working as a janitor‚ “no one asks where [he’s] from” assuming he’s “from the country

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    picked to represent my emotions during this unit is a poem that talks about hate. To start‚ the unit itself is boring to me. Learning about gender theory is not something that seems exciting to me. In the poem‚ it says‚ “If this is a play‚ I want my money back.” This signifies the waste of time that this unit is to me. I did not feel like this unit is significant to my learning and so I felt upset that I had to sit through it all. Furthermore‚ the poem states‚ “If this is a kidnap‚ I’m trapped in the

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    Algeron Charles Swinburne’s “Love and Sleep” established a theme of his lover’s beauty and his unconditional love towards her through strong diction which creates a passionate form of image. In the poem‚ such words as “lying” (1)‚ “asleep” (1) and “night” (1) implies the speaker is in his bedroom‚ creating a lonely‚ quite atmosphere. In this immersive atmosphere‚ the writer strikes a chord with the readers and graphs the sorrow and yearning incisively and vividly. Moreover‚ the word “saw” (2)‚ being

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    COMPANY ANALYSIS & PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION MARKETING MANAGEMENT BMKT601 TABLE OF CONTENTS Contents 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 2. FAST FASHION 4 3. ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS 4 3.1. Political Factors 4 3.2. Economical Factor 5 3.3. Social Factors 6 3.4. Technology Factors 6 4. INDUSTRY ANALYSIS 6 5. H&M 8 6. STRATEGY 10 7. SEGMENTATION 11 8. TARGETING 13 9. POSITIONING 14 10. CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR 15 11. MARKETING 17 12. SUPPLY CHAIN 22 13. CONCLUSION

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