Relationships with the Dead in Wordsworths We Are Seven and Hardys Di

Relationships with the Dead in Wordsworth's We Are Seven and Hardy's Digging  Ã‚   "[One] can outlast death not in a divine after life but only in a human one. If the poet dies or forgets his beloved, he murders her" (Ramazani 131); Thomas Hardy's belief of the "poet's duty of remembrance" establishes the basis for his, "Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave?". "[Fearing] he abandoned his own wife before her death," Hardy wrote the poem to assume "the memorial responsibilities of the poet" (Ramazani 131). Whereas Hardy tries to atone for his sins "by continually grieving over his dead wife", the fuel behind William Wordsworth's "We Are Seven," is a question of being and existence (Trilling 57). This question stems from the fact "that nothing was more difficult for [Wordsworth] in childhood than to admit the notion of death as a state applicable to his own being" (Noyes 60). Despite the vastly different intentions of the poets, Hardy and Wordsworth both depict relationships between the living and the dead in their poems; however, while Hardy humorously satirizes how the l iving forget the dead, Wordsworth demonstrates a child's refusal to acknowledge the dead as being gone. In their poems, Hardy and Wordsworth both elicit the use of conversation; however, the fictional conversation in "Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave?," contrasts the non-fictional dialogue in "We Are Seven". Hardy's poem "uses the ballad convention of 'The Unquiet Grave'- a dialogue between living and dead" (Johnson 48), in this case, between a deceased woman and her dog; Wordsworth's poem consists of an actual confrontation he had with a little girl when he traveled through Europe. Hardy's willingness to use disembodied voices for the intended purpose of creating... ...ument Wordsworth brings up, the girl replies, "Nay, we are seven!" (Wordsworth 1333). She lacks the ability to accept death and "this [absence] of awareness [makes] the poem so touching" (Drabble 51). What began as a simple everyday conversation finished as a didactic and somewhat emotional poem. Wordsworth, through a real life conversation, presents "the obscurity and perplexity which in childhood attend our notion of death, or rather our inability to admit that notion'" (Noyes 60). In direct contrast to Wordsworth, who did not intend to writie a deep, meaningful poem, Hardy knew exactly what he wanted to accomplish by writing, "Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave." People too easily remove the dead from their memories, and Hardy wanted to admonish his readers of the importance of remembering the dead; just because the dead are gone, they should not be forgotten.

Contemporary Diversity Issues in Communication

If there is one particularly adverse effect of globalization, that is the homogenization of culture and the subservience of minority or ethnic cultures and languages under the dominant one. It is a phenomenon that if allowed to continue unabated can lead to the extinction of minority languages and culture, which in effect can lead to the loss of the uniqueness that renders individuals with their own creative individuality. In a world that purports to celebrate diversity, it is ironic that communication seems to be leaning towards homogenization or standardization of forms.Globalization necessitates the need for the homogenization of communication because in an age of international businesses, language diversity can hinder trade relations and transactions. Using one form of communication facilitates interaction and leaves very little room for misinterpretation. Languages develop out of the user’s need to express themselves. As such, it is fair to say that all languages are equa l. This equality means that all languages, regardless of their characteristics and linguistic qualities, all meet the social and psychological needs of the users. (Crystal, 1987, p.6)They are tailor made to the unique circumstances of the people and culture that created them. In the face of unrelenting globalization, these unique languages and cultures are giving way to a standard form. The standard form imposes itself upon other languages in the form of linguistic prescription or prescriptive norms in culture, defining a standard form or ways of doing for a specific purpose or activity. Prescriptive norms serve as a controlling force that is exerted by the community over its members (Punder 2000, p. 141), and globalization imposes the homogenization of language and culture to facilitate communication and relations.While the usefulness and convenience of having a standard language or culture, particularly in a business environment, cannot be dismissed, this way of thinking brings to the table a lot of complications; not the least of which is stereotyping and its resultant complications like cultural and political discrimination. As John Fought (2007) once said, â€Å"Language has always helped to signify who we are in society, sometimes serving as a basis for exclusion. † The determination of the use of a standard language is largely a function of political and economic power, in an act of acknowledgment of a certain culture’s dominance over the rest.A standard form of language and culture will be of no use when there is no variation in the first place. There is a need to standardize because the diversity in our languages requires us to lessen the confusion and make for efficient transaction of our ordinary activities and important businesses. Because language is a fundamental aspect of culture, it is therefore only natural that we become defined or identified by our native language. Difficulties can arise if we are not fluent in the standard lan guage being used in a particular place.In such cases, when we do not know the standard form of communication, we are immediately labeled as â€Å"foreigners†, or not born native to the place, a label that carries with it an entirely new set of biases and stereotypes that limits the opportunities that would have otherwise been available to the individual. The need to conform is related to the prestige that is associated with being able to act and communicate according to the dominant language or culture. (Abrams et al 2005, p. 120) Related to the issue of race is the issue of social class.There are some people who have more linguistic powers at their disposal and are able to use this fluency to their advantage. (Bonfiglio, 2002, p. 12) Fluency in language often connotes good breeding and education. Conversely, if you have difficulties in the standard language, other people will consider it as a statement of weakness or lack of social status. Of course it should also be said th at the bias also goes the other way. In most third-world countries, those who speak a foreign language or have foreign accents are considered first class citizens and are given preferential treatment in all aspects of their functional activities.What we speak and how we speak, reflects our history as an individual. How we speak makes a statement about who we are as a person and a measure of who we could be Either way, these stereotyping based on one’s communication style is very counter-productive and corrosive to the individual. Aside from discrimination and stereotyping, homogenization of communication is also adversely affecting the rich diversity of our world’s languages, particularly on dialects.As prescriptive norms of standardized communication forms threaten the extinction of minority languages and dialects, it also slows language change. Language change is a natural process in the evolution of our languages. Language is constantly in flux, ever adapting to the needs and realities of the times. It ever-changing and shifting its form, evolving in a process that is very much akin to natural selection. Language change is not so much a preference over one language variant, but the removal of a language that is socially inappropriate or no longer useful, for some reason or another.  (Lippi-Green, 1997, p. 173)With the presence of a homogenized form of communication and culture, the normal evolution that should have taken place to strengthen local languages and make them constantly relevant has been forcefully suppressed by the imposition of a uniform language or code that is universal to all situations. In light of this, language change becomes almost unnecessary because the homogenized form of communication has removed the necessity for the local language to adapt because the change has been imposed artificially by the dominant culture.Globalization presupposes the interaction of various cultures. Over man’s collective history, cultu re exchange has resulted in the constant evolution of cultures as it gets constantly exposed to another culture. This is a two-way process that enriches the culture of all those involved. In a process called acculturation, a certain group of people imbibe new ways of doing without necessarily changing their distinct identity. Acculturation represents the adaptation of a certain culture to change but keeping their culture uniquely their own.However, in this age of homogenization, acculturation has come to mean the slow erosion and subservience of the ethnic culture under the dominant one. (Castro 2003, p. 19) Thus, acculturation can be considered as a process of culture change where the foreigners or minorities must adapt in order to survive. In other words, this refers to the homogenization of communication and culture in order to flourish in a global community. This discourse does not mean to present language and cultural homogenization in a bad light.In some cases, such homogeniza tion is truly necessary to facilitate communication and exchange similar to what a standard currency will do. What is important to remember is that a standard form of communication can be learned without having to sacrifice our own native languages and culture. Our ability to learn a language is elastic, and we can speak as many variations without necessarily affecting the other. To learn one form of language does not necessarily mean that we have to supplant the old one..In an era of globalization where the language of trade becomes the dominant form, the ability to communicate in the standard language is a definite advantage. However with that being said, the value of the mother tongue should never be forgotten. The respect that we have for our own cultural heritage renders us with our own unique identities. And in an era of globalization, where everything is being homogenized we need to hang on to that identity or stand to lose everything about ourselves that makes us special, an d thus indispensible to our community.

Digital Advertising vs Print Advertising

Advertising is the action of calling something to the attention of the public especially by paid announcements. This has been accomplished using a variety of mediums that have evolved through the use of new technologies. Approaches to advertising include television, radio, online, product placement, billboards, newspapers, and magazines. Digital advertising has become a more accessible and effective form of advertising than press advertising in our growing society. Digital advertising promotes ads through technologically advanced means, such as the internet, television, and telecommunications. It is not to be confused with digital signage, which is a form of electronic display like LCD, LED, and plasma screens. The internet now offers ways to reach an unlimited number of consumers and innovative ways to narrow this selection. A customer can be chosen based on the sites that they surf. An ad for designer perfumes is likely to appear on a website for someone shopping on an online department store. Press advertising uses spreads in newspapers, spaces in magazines, and flyers. Slower societies without electricity rely on newspapers which is responsible for its success in the past. Therefore, there is no way to be selective in the people you are trying to cater to. Newspaper stands and subscription magazines gain loyal customers allowing press advertising to be an ideal form of communication for small businesses. Globally known products that are commonly purchased in a local area are often advertised using print advertisements. Advertising is a single component of the marketing process. It's the part that involves getting the word out concerning your business, product, or the services you are offering. It is not to be confused with the whole of marketing. Marketing consists of advertising, market research, media planning, public relations, product pricing, distribution, customer support, sales strategy, and community involvement. Moreover, advertising is a multibillion dollar industry that businesses use to promote the image of their company, which in turn sparks interest and increases sales. Although, advertising is not limited to a profitable business, it is also used by individuals, organizations, and political candidates. Persuading someone to share a common idea, to utilize services, or to buy something is the main goal of advertising. This has been since 79 A. D. when Romans in Pompeii made billboards to exhibit their testimony on the state of society. A more commonly known advertisement in history is that of Volkswagen, â€Å"Think Small†. The simplicity and use of white space in the campaign gained great response from the German people. Thomas Jefferson was one of the first persons to acknowledge the power of white space around headlines to catch ones attention. This aspect has been modified and has led to the use of bright colors, flashing lights, and shocking phrases. In the present day there are ads like Nike’s â€Å"Just do it,† and â€Å"Got Milk. These very campaigns have developed over the last twenty years. Changing from ads on the back of milk cartons to magazine spreads to television commercials, they have grown in their versatility. In a sense, they have grown with their generations and the technological advances that came with them. The invention of the television, telephone, and internet extremely changed the advertising industry. In the United States, the first television commercial recorded is that of Bulova Watch Company. They aired an ad on New York’s News Channel, WNBT before a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies. The ad featured the slogan â€Å"America runs on Bulova time. † Commercials frequently use slogans, jingles, humor, and animations to promote and idea or product. The use of these aspects allow for it to grasp the audience’s attention, be remembered, and depicted in ways that through the mere use of actors could not be accomplished. They range in length from a few seconds to a couple minutes. The telephone was an invention that many also took advantage of to advertise. This is more commonly known as telemarketing. It is a salesperson directly soliciting to customers over the telephone. This form of advertising leaves more up to words instead of a created image. DialAmerica Marketing Inc. was first company committed to telemarketing for sales and services. Telemarketing techniques are increasingly used in political campaigns. Because of free-speech issues, the laws governing political phone calls are much less strict than those applying to commercials. Many people find these calls to be annoying; subsequently, some states have banned political calls and initiated â€Å"Do Not Call List†. The internet has a caused a massive influx in the change of advertising form. Online advertising is disguised in well-known search engines like Google and Yahoo that are used on a daily basis. Rishad Tobaccowala, the â€Å"chief innovation officer† of Publicis, one of the world’s biggest advertising groups, says that advertising in this form allows advertisers to â€Å"make lots of spearheads and then get people to impale themselves. † The advertisements that show up are in some context related to what is entered in the search bar. The first online advertisement was the ad banner created by HotWired for AT;T on October 25 1994. The thing that these forms of advertising have is that they employ direct-response marketing. This allocates customers to contact advertisers directly and immediately. Direct-response advertising consist of four primary elements, an offer, sufficient information, an explicit â€Å"call to action,† and multiple means of response, like toll free number, web link, or e-mail. Technological innovations have depleted the once thriving ways to communicate products, and promote people and ideas. The technology formerly used is the printing press. The rapidity of typographical text production, as well as the sharp fall in unit costs, led to the issuing of the first newspapers. In 1704, the first newspaper advertisement, an announcement seeking a buyer for an Oyster Bay, Long Island, estate, was published in the Boston News-Letter. In 1810, Frederick Koenig invented the improved printing press. William Carlton of J. Walter Thompson advertising company was the first to begin selling advertisement space in newspapers in 1864. Newspapers began using digital production processes and using computers in 1967. Newspaper advertising has gone a long way over a longer period of time, opposed to online advertising which was almost overnight. In society today, the use of billboards, classified ads, coupon mailers, fliers, and radio are known as small-budget advertising. All of these except radio are forms of print advertising. Whether driving by a billboard, listening to the radio or flipping through the TV channels, every advertisement has dot. com present. A comprehensive advertising campaign is the only way to make a web site successful. The evolution of the Internet has business taking a new direction. Print newsletters require time and effort, while E-newsletters are the easiest, quickest and cheapest newsletters to produce. Each issue is produced electronically and can be sent to all subscribers through Email. Digital and print advertising are in competition, and so far digital is in the lead. According to Voice of America News, advertisers in the United States are spending more on ads on the internet than in newspapers. The internet passed newspapers in 2010 U. S. ad revenue, making the internet the second-largest ad medium behind TV, according to Interpublic Group of Cos. ‘ MagnaGlobal. One newspaper after another is going out of business across the United States, and the ad revenues of traditional print media, even of highly respected magazines, is declining. Pushing a message at a potential customer when it has not been requested and when the consumer is in the midst of something else on the net, will allow it to fail as a major revenue source for most internet sites. Better targeting of ads using individual interests and individual behaviors ensure that people are not bored or annoyed with each ad. As for paid search, it is closer to other mechanisms that allow a website to sell access to potential customers. It works effectively as a revenue source for Google. Online advertising poses as a threat to traditional print advertising because it contains a wide range of people it could possibly reach, products can be purchased immediately, and a product can be described in detail through testimonies, pictures, and reviews. If an ad is placed in a newspaper or magazine, and someone likes it he or she will have to come to your store or office to know more. But if the same ad appears on a website the visitor can click it and come straight to the website and get the full information about the product or service. The immediacy of the feedback is very high in case of internet advertising. Page views can be kept track of and effectiveness can be determined. Consumers are receiving messages through numerous forms but research models aren't accounting for this, they are only giving conversion credit to one medium. Someone who received a flier follows a link and is targeted with digital display ads for that product or related products; the way they interact with the advertisement determines how advertisers reach them. Many believe that scams are most ubiquitous to the internet. This is true but only because so much private information is transferred and communicated over the internet. Such as passwords and credit card information. Computer hackers cause this fear of purchasing items online which consequently makes people go for the â€Å"x† on advertisements all the time. When consumers use the internet to view online news like on CNN, ABC, SKY and BBC News, it is not uncommon for phoney misleading advertisement promoting a scam product to come up. Don’t let the internet scare you, because scams are also subject to printed newspaper advertisements. Waiting in the classified section of the newspaper, con artist target job seekers on a personal level. Much of the unemployed are desperate and willing to give information to have the chance to apply for a job, and sometimes this is by mail-in or over the telephone. This could by far be the worst way to try and obtain an occupation, given addresses and phone numbers can all lead back to your location. Newspaper advertisements do have a higher credibility than online advertisements, but it is easier to distinguish an online scam. The threat present in society today is that of Tivo and DVR, which record programs and also allow you to fast forward through commercials. This will allow for a discrepancy in the advertising industry for television. Maneuvers have been taken to prevent this, for example product placement and DRM’s. DRM’s are encryptions that don’t allow certain actions at certain points like on DVD’s when the FBI warning appears. New regulations could possibly be able to forbid the playback of television shows without commercials. Only new technology and time will tell. Watching shows and movies online impede on the viewing of commercials. This benefits online advertisers who pay for spaces on these web pages. That is why digital advertising is flexible, if it can’t reach you one way, it will try another. Print advertising has accomplished this also by the posting of billboards on buses, etc. This is less proficient though because advertisements cannot be updated as frequently and cost-efficiently. In the future, ads themselves will be engineered to obtain information on its audience, with the mined data immediately fueling message customization. Improvement by using new technologies will enhance the visibility, portability and impact of messages Holosonic, a US technology company, is taking the idea advertising technology to the edge. It has developed the Audio Spotlight, a system that fires a beam of sound onto a small area from a distance of more than 60ft. The company claims, the effect is to â€Å"startle and entertain† pedestrians without being audible to anyone outside the zone. Ad campaigns must become favorable interruptions which anticipate consumer needs by being exceedingly relevant. Digital advertising wholly completes this task and through the application of better developing technology will work to break any barriers or misconceptions. Print advertising is unlike digital because it uses press promote a product, organization or idea. Print advertising has reached far more impediments than the use of television, telecommunications, and the internet. Although useful in its unique, economic way, print advertising is slowing in production, not only because of new technology, but because of a change in the audience’s daily lives. 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Sexuality, Corruption, and Power Dynamics in the Bloody Chamber

Sexuality, corruption and power dynamics in The Bloody Chamber Sexuality is a prevalent theme in Angela Carter’s story The Bloody Chamber. Sexual violence within a relationship often reveals aspects of each party’s identity and character as well as affects its power dynamics. Carter depicts sex both explicitly and implicitly in the story through the heroine’s own thoughts of her newfound sexuality and her sexual experiences with the Marquis.Carter’s implicit and explicit portrayals of sex and sexuality in The Bloody Chamber reflect changes in the power dynamic between the heroine and the Marquis throughout the text, develop the identity of the heroine and reveal aspects of the Marquis’ character, and challenge notions of gender. The first incident of an implicit portrayal of sexuality occurs during the narrator’s train ride away from her childhood home towards her new life with her future husband, the Marquis.No physical act of sex is describ ed, but it is the first time that the reader sees the heroine’s sensual side and departure from innocence through Carter’s use of sexual language. It is as if the train ride away from home symbolizes her departure from innocence and into womanhood. Carter uses words such as â€Å"ecstasy†, â€Å"burning†, â€Å"pistons thrusting†, shuddered†, and â€Å"throb† to convey the heroine’s newfound sexual arousal and her thoughts about sex.Carter’s description of the heroine’s â€Å"young girl’s pointed breasts and shoulders† depicts her innocence and virginity (Carter, 8), yet she is consumed with thoughts of sex. This contrast symbolizes the development of the heroine’s identity from childhood to womanhood. Implicit sexuality is also seen on the train ride when the heroine expresses her anticipation of sex. She says: â€Å"for the first time in my innocent and confined life, I sensed in myself a po tentiality for corruption that took my breath away. (Carter, 11). The heroine feels this way because of the way the Marquis watches her with an â€Å"assessing eye of a connoisseur inspecting horseflesh†, and sees for the first time the â€Å"carnal avarice† of the way he looks at her. The Marquis views her as a piece of meat; similar to the way a predator would eye his prey. From this scene, it is evident to the reader that the Marquis treats his women as possessions, and has a primal instinct regarding sexuality.The heroine has lived a sheltered, pure life and is completely new to such concepts as lust and sexual passion, but it is at this moment that she realizes the potential of becoming a woman susceptible to sexual domination and corruption. This scene reflects the power dynamic in the relationship stemming from the Marquis’ obvious desire for sexual possession, corruption, and control, and the heroine’s recognition of her impending sexual exploitat ion. The scene further develops the heroine’s identity towards becoming a woman.Despite the Marquis’ obvious misogyny, his actions excite the heroine because they make her feel as if she is a sexual and desirable being. She recounts his marriage proposal, and says: â€Å"When I said that I would marry him, not one muscle in his face stirred, but he let out a long, extinguished sigh. I thought: Oh! how he must want me! And it was as though the imponderable weight of his desire was a force I might not withstand, not by virtue of its violence but because of its very gravity. (Carter, 9) This quote shows how the heroine perceives the Marquis’ sigh as a sign that he is in love with her, when the more likely reality is that it is a sigh of victory, as if he has just conquered his latest possession. Regardless of these opposing interpretations, it is evident in the last line of this quote that the heroine senses the combination of sexual desire and violence inherent i n the Marquis’ character, and the harm it poses to her. Little does the heroine know how real the Marquis’ penchant for sex and violence is, and how he channels that desire towards the murder of women.The heroine seems accepting of the submissive role in her relationship with the Marquis, and the thought excites her. This assumption further reflects the power dynamic between the Marquis and his wife, as well as the gender roles that both characters embody. The Marquis fits the description of a power-hungry, domineering male, and the heroine that of a naive, innocent girl who obeys her husband. The heroine’s naivety is reflected when she says she is â€Å"bemused that, after those others, he should now have chosen me. She obviously does not understand that the reason he is not still in mourning for his last wife is because he murdered her. Carter’s explicit portrayal of sex occurs when the Marquis first shows the heroine the mirrored room and disrobes her . The heroine narrates the scene as if she is describing a rape, similar to the ones in the Marquis’ collection of pornographic paintings: â€Å"And when nothing but my scarlet, palpitating core remained, I saw, in the mirror, the living image of an etching by Rops from the collection he had shown me when our engagement permitted us to be alone together. (Carter, 15). When the Marquis later takes the heroine’s virginity, it is a form of punishment for the heroine’s disobedience in perusing his collection of books. This reveals the power dynamic that will present itself again in the story, of the Marquis setting the heroine up to disobey him, then punishing her. He makes her wear the choker of rubies as if it is a collar, kisses it before he kisses her, and â€Å"twines her hair into a rope† as if it is a weapon he could use to hurt her. These actions further exemplify the Marquis’ desire for violence and corruption enveloped in sex.Once the heroin e is no longer a virgin and the Marquis leaves the castle, the heroine takes on the role of woman of the house. The reader sees the development of the heroine’s identity, as her independence is revealed through solitary actions such as playing the piano, her true passion, and directing the staff. The heroine is portrayed as a woman who is in control of her domain, rather than a girl under the control of her husband, even though she is still very much trapped in the castle. Power dynamics shift once the heroine loses her virginity, because that was what defined her corruptibility, innocence and youth.The heroine and the reader also witness for the first time a Marquis who has had all the force and power knocked out of him. The narrator says â€Å"He lay beside me, felled like an oak, breathing stertorously, as if he had been fighting with me. In the course of that one-sided struggle, I had seen his deathly composure shatter like a porcelain vase flung against a wall; I had he ard him shriek and blaspheme at the orgasm. † (Carter, 18). Prior to this sexual experience, the heroine had never seen the Marquis be emptied of his composure or expose his vulnerability.She believes that she may have discovered the man underneath the powerful facade when she says â€Å"And perhaps I had seen his face without its mask; and perhaps I had not. † The Marquis is always so in control and holds power over the heroine, but she realizes that if his exterior is removed for a moment, he is not as powerful as he seems. This scene influences the power dynamic within the relationship, since the heroine is no longer convinced that the Marquis holds so much unquestionable authority over her.This transition in the power dynamic aids the heroine’s decision to disobey the Marquis’ instructions when he leaves. The heroine’s identity is further developed after the she discovers the bloody chamber and the Marquis returns to the castle. Now that she has discovered the truth about her husband and the fate of his previous wives, the narrator admits to herself that she is in true danger. â€Å"How could I know, indeed? Except that, in my heart, I’d always known its lord would be the death of me. † (Carter, 33).She is no longer an unknowing, innocent, uncorrupted girl, as she now knows who the Marquis truly is and what he plans to do to her, and she realizes there is nothing desirable about him or their relationship. The narrator realizes that she has played directly into the Marquis’ hands, and has â€Å"lost at that charade of innocence and vice in which he had engaged me. Lost, as the victim loses to the executioner. † (Carter, 34). The heroine has fallen for every trap that the Marquis has set for her, right up until her impending death.The power dynamics of the relationship shift at this moment in the story. The heroine has discovered the Marquis true intentions, so he no longer holds any secrets that she is unaware of. She sees him as the monster he is, and not as the powerful man he pretends to be. The narrator observes as the Marquis â€Å"raised his head and stared at me with his blind, shuttered eyes as though he did not recognize me, I felt a terrified pity for him, for this man who lived in such strange, secret places that, if I loved him enough to follow him, I should have to die† (Carter, 35).The heroine begins to pity the Marquis rather than fear him, and sees his loneliness underneath his powerful disguise. One could argue that the power dynamics truly shift in the heroine’s favor once her mother kills the Marquis, as he is destroyed, but the true shift takes place once the heroine discovers who the Marquis really is, because she no longer has any reason to obey him as a husband. Once the narrator realizes that she is not in a legitimate husband-wife relationship and her husband intends to murder her, there is no reason for her to act like a loving, faith ful wife or submit to this man.The end of the text shows how Carter challenges gender roles throughout the story. At the beginning, the heroine is portrayed as a naive girl who marries a man not because she’s sure she loves him, but because she’s sure she wants to marry him (Carter 8). The reader sees how she fits the notion of the inexperienced, submissive gender willing to obey a man and accept all the riches he offers her. The Marquis fits the notion of a masochistic, domineering male who sees women as objects and seeks to control them and entice them with wealth.However, by the end of the novel, the heroine outlives the Marquis and is no longer the object of a man’s desire for violence and sexual corruption. She marries a man who is blind and poor, so that he can neither objectify her for her beauty nor buy her love with money and gifts, and she no longer has any desire for these things. This change is seen when the narrator says: â€Å"We lead a quiet life , the three of us. I inherited, of course, enormous wealth but we have given most of it away to various charities. (Carter, 40). The Marquis has fallen from his position as a powerful, wealthy, controlling man, and in true feminist fashion, the heroine emerges the victor. Carter’s descriptions of implicit and explicit scenes of sex and sexuality involving the heroine and the Marquis illustrate the development of the two characters’ relationship with each other and the power dynamics involved, as well as their own identity transitions throughout the story.The reader witnesses the narrator’s journey from girlhood and her desire for sexual corruption, through her torture, submissiveness and sexual self-discovery, all the way until her assumption of power over the Marquis. The heroine defeats the preconceived notions of gender roles as her values and character are completely altered by the end of the story. The Bloody Chamber depicts the lethal combination of sexual ity and violence and the desire to be sexually corrupted without comprehending the implications and true nature of the relationship.

Article Critique - Advancement and Equity for Women in the Business

Critique - Advancement and Equity for Women in the Business World - Article Example First, it discusses barriers that limit women from achieving better leadership positions in business entities. The traditional view of a woman distracts her from making the normal advancement to the top position. Traditional norms look down up on women for being good managers or chief executives. Secondly, it is from the article that men are perceived as default leaders while depicting women as typical leaders. This aspect deny capable women leaders the ability to serve in capacities which they fit. They take men to be managers and executive officers in different business corporations (Evans, 2011). Thirdly, the article brings out serious effects of gender disparities to companies that observe and practice the traditional norms. For instance, they deny women their rightful positions in business area. As a result, the companies lose great ideas and collaborative leadership from women. Additionally traditional beliefs deny the businesses better services from experienced women thus unde rutilizing their female top talents. Fourth, the article explains widely to prove that women in leadership can make tremendous changes, which brings valuable leadership skills that can help promote economic status of business firms. There are several reasons why women are sidelined from getting the top positions in business organizations. Gender stereotypic issues give advantages to men over women. For instance, men are biased against promoting women to top management positions within their companies. They really degrade women basing on gender factor failing to realize that women have the capability to make better collaborative decisions in companies. There exist other barriers, which deter women from attaining their full possession of top management positions. They include; inadequate role models for women, inadequate flexibility at their working places and inadequate strategies to develop women as leaders. Mercer provides

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GRNS403 Grains Industry Systems - Essay Example proving, grain production is still dominated by a group of same area farming activities while deregulation in 2008, grain selling, sales and exportation sectors have undergone major restructuring. The resources demanding nature of infrastructure facilitating storing, transportation and exportation shows that by few key players (Kirsten, Lorna, Paolo, Andrew & Alberta Velimirov 2005) Commencing from the garden to make wheat flour, wheat is changed into a shelf-stable product through processing. The complex series of steps, which is both time-tested and highly scientific, starts the process that the grain is harvested and taken to a processing machine. Through nowadays technology and processing process, the individual kernels are kept, sorted, cleaned, ground, bleached, enriched and or equipped before being stored awaiting distribution. Once is done, the end product is used is to make variety of foods, including breads, pasta and pastries (Bonjean & Angus 2001). Before wheat processing commences, it has a sometimes-long procedures from the field to processing plant. It is harvested from the farm in covered trucks or rails motors. In some cases it travels adversely distances; in other cases, from one geographical area to another. When it reaches destination it is inspected and sampled water content, test mass, unfit kernels and far-off material. Based on the outcome from the tests, it is resolute how the wheat is treated, handled and kept until processing. After this, wheat is transported to silos for safekeeping, where warmth and water content control keep it fresh until the time of manufacturing (Kirsten, Lorna, Paolo, Andrew & Alberta Velimirov 2005) `The grain starts the processing procedure by entering the set of machines that clean it (cleaning house). This process involves as many as 6 steps and involves removing foreign matter that may be present in the wheat as well as processing it ready for processing. This process uses a magnetic separator, aspirator

Toy as Visual Stimulator for Early Childhood Research Paper

Toy as Visual Stimulator for Early Childhood - Research Paper Example This was demonstrated by measuring the way infants sucked on pacifiers (they typically sucked harder the better they liked something). However, objects such as balls and basic shapes did not instigate a strong reaction in the infants. Most studies that measure infant response to objects use a similar route, measuring the individual baby’s responses through the use of pacifiers and presenting to the infants a variety of objects, familiar and not familiar (Spitz and Woolf 90). Additional studies with infants can be done to help us better understand this concept of visual perception before six months old. For instance, with the advent of technology, more computerized visuals could be created, with not only patterns and faces, which have been so commonly used, but also moving stimuli. Not many tests have been done to see how young infants actually react to moving stimuli. We have established, through current research, that young babies are able to perceive outlines and do have the ir own ways of understanding when they see familiar items and faces. However, their own particular reactions to moving stimuli have not been measured. Of course, young infants are generally not able to follow items side to side, but items placed directly in front of them on a computer screen can still be used in order to measure their reactions. Many studies have been done like this with older babies and toddlers to measure their responses to sounds and colors, generally done by researchers of children’s television shows, like Nickelodeon, and toy companies wanting to sell successful products. However, it would be interesting to see if certain objects could be used to create a show that might be interesting to very young babies, as it may help them... One recent study included putting a variety of faces and other objects on a screen for three-month-old infants to see. Infants responded to all faces, having a heightened response to familiar faces. This was demonstrated by measuring the way infants sucked on pacifiers. However, objects such as balls and basic shapes did not instigate a strong reaction in the infants. Most studies that measure infant response to objects use a similar route, measuring the individual baby’s responses through the use of pacifiers and presenting to the infants a variety of objects, familiar and not familiar. Additional studies with infants can be done to help us better understand this concept of visual perception before six months old. For instance, with the advent of technology, more computerized visuals could be created, with not only patterns and faces, which have been so commonly used, but also moving stimuli. Not many tests have been done to see how young infants actually react to moving stimuli. Many studies have been done like this with older babies and toddlers to measure their responses to sounds and colors, generally done by researchers of children’s television shows, like Nickelodeon, and toy companies wanting to sell successful products. However, it would be more interesting to see if certain objects could be used to create a show that might be interesting to very young babies, as it may help them perceive and learn at an even earlier age. For most parents, the earlier they can assist their child with learning, the better.