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    Barbie Doll” by Marge Piercy 1. In approaching the assignment question‚ I took as a starting point from an unknown guest comment:” From the moment she is born‚ this girl is exposed to the expectations of society and goes through life encountering the harsh realities of not meeting those expectations. The need to live up to the world’s idea of beauty fuels years of severe self scrutiny that tears down any and all of her self confidence- preventing her from loving any part of herself. The constant

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    In the poem “Barbie Doll‚” the author Marge Piercy provides four short stanzas to inform readers of how society and culture puts pressure on young girls. In this poem‚ a young girl’s life flashes before her eyes as she tries to live up to society standards. The tone of this poem is depressing and sad. In this poem Marge Piercy uses a theme‚ symbols‚ and a plot to describe the ideal girl. The theme of this poem is that society is not accepting of people who do not represent the ideal woman. In

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    Marge Piercy's Barbie Doll

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    woman looks‚ acts‚ and behaves like. Whenever a young woman fails to live up to these outrageous ideas they are belittled and told to change what they look like and how they behave. This is exactly what happens to the girl in Marge Piercy’s poem “Barbie Doll” (236). The pressure that society was putting on the shoulders of this girl became too much one day. She finally decided to give up on being herself and become who the world wanted her to be. The end of the poem seems to be speaking of her suicidal

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    Marge Piercy‚ an American poet‚ social activist and novelist‚ mostly known for being a feminist poet is the author of “Barbie Doll”. The title of this poem‚ “Barbie doll” make us think about a “perfect” girl toy that every child owns‚ but slowly we realize that this is not what the author means. In the first stanza‚ Piercy starts by saying “This girl child was born as usual”‚ which lets us understand that she was a normal girl just like anybody else. Other than that‚ the first stanza has a lot to

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    Case Study I - Barbie 7 April 2011 This case study will examine five questions affecting the marketing of Barbie. It will consider the environmental factors affecting Barbie‚ a SWOT analysis‚ her position and the implications of it in the BCG Matrix‚ her target market‚ and my strategy if I was product manager of the Barbie line. 1. A number of environmental factors impact Barbie. Regarding the environmental factor of competition‚ Barbie has two major competitors -- dolls from Spin

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    In A Barbie World Life’s... In order for a product to be recognised as a “Popular-Culture” they must have four distinguishing characteristics. They are; firstly: being associated with commercial products; second: developing from a local‚ to a national‚ to a global level; thirdly: allowing consumers to have widespread access to it and lastly: constantly changing and evolving. All of which Barbie has shown throughout the years. These changes have been proceeding as with the procession of technology

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    Today‚ Barbie is the most popular doll in the world. She is a worldwide fashion muse and pop culture icon for girls all ages. The Barbie doll has been a controversial toy that has changed over the years. These changes have been due to changing fashions‚ careers‚ interests and beliefs over the decade’s occupations‚ and ethnicity has been very obvious over the years but even her face and body has changed. But‚ since the beginning of time‚ toys have been an indicator of the way society behaves‚ and

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    Barbie a Good Role Model?

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    “I’m a Barbie girl‚ in the Barbie world Life in plastic‚ its fantastic! You can brush my hair; undress me everywhere Imagination‚ life is your creation.”- Aqua It’s a life in plastic. She has a family‚ pets‚ a boyfriend‚ a profession‚ and various outfits. It’s what most young girls grow up with. Their very first doll can make a difference in one’s life. The Barbie doll from the early adolescents’ experiences with‚ and views of‚ Barbie article states that‚ “it is one of the most successful

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    Barbie Q Symbolism Essay

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    short story Barbie-Q written Sandra Cisneros there you wouldn’t automatically think the sock dress had a bigger meaning to it‚ but actually it represents that no matter how little the young girl had she was grateful for what she was fortunate enough to have. Now if you took this symbol and this story and placed it into the twenty-first century you would get a whole other interpretation. Kids these days always want more no matter how much you give them. If you gave a little girl a barbie with no dress

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    Society’s Expectations on Women The poem‚ “Barbie Doll”‚ by Marge Piercy‚ is about a normal “girlchild” who gets criticized by society for not looking like a perfect doll. She changes herself to fit society’s expectations just to fit in‚ but only in the end does society see her as “pretty”. Piercy’s purpose of the poem is to show how society has appalling expectations of how women show look and act. Imagery‚ irony‚ and tone are terms that show how vile society’s expectations are. Imagery helps the

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