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    dove Dove - Brand and Social Media case study — Presentation Transcript * 1. Real Women‚ Real Beauty JAAB Consulting Team Alicia Gayle Holt Amy Hsieh Belinda Liu Jamie Joung Jan. 27‚ 2009 * 2. Refocus on Dove: Real Women‚ Real Beauty Dove Brand Evolution The Campaign for Real Beauty Summary Analysis/Evaluation Recommendation for future marketing campaign Refocus on Dove brand and products JAAB Consulting Team * 3. Evolution of a Brand Brand Development Brand Building JAAB Consulting

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    Oedipus the King written by Sophocles‚ is a play about a king who has it all but is knowledgeable of his past and that ultimately leads to his downfall. He has great self pride after saving his kingdom from the Sphinx‚ but is oblivious to the fact that he is the reason for the deadly plague. Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller is a play in which a man named Willy struggles with his internal condition and everyday life. He is not able to sell enough product or to ever meet his quotas. He has great

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    people don’t have the courage to make a change. In the work “Oedipus Rex” the protagonist‚ Oedipus tries to show what justice means to him. Many may argue that Oedipus does not bring justice to Thebes; that all he did was make everything worse for the land of Thebes. However‚ Oedipus did make positive change in Thebes even though some people don’t understand his ways. For example‚ when Thebes was being tormented by the evil Sphinx‚ Oedipus figures out the riddle that the Sphinx would repeat to people

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    two of the most popular Greek tragedies‚ Oedipus the King and Medea. Both Oedipus the King and Medea have the protagonist’s exhibit excessive stubbornness and steadfastness in their stories which ultimately leads to their downfall. In Oedipus the King‚ Oedipus’s stubbornness is evident from the very beginning of the play. Oedipus is immediately searching for answers by sending Creon to Delphi to seek divine guidance from Apollo. Once Creon comes back‚ Oedipus starts questioning him furiously and declares

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    one family‚ but it also tackles larger issues regarding American national values. The play examines the cost of blind faith in the American Dream. In this respect‚ it offers a postwar American reading of personal tragedy in the tradition of SophoclesOedipus Cycle. Miller charges America with selling a false myth constructed around a capitalist materialism nurtured by the postwar economy‚ a materialism that obscured the personal truth and moral vision of the original American Dream described by

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    Oedipus Rex is full of people searching for justice. Throughout the play Oedipus acts upon what he believes is justice. Oedipus believed that kicking laius chariot off the road was justice. He didn’t keep it a secret that he kicked the chariot off the road. He thought that since they are blocking my way and I need to get through the only thing to do is kick their chariot off the road. Oedipus didn’t think that what he was doing was a crime. He didn’t think twice about it because it was justice in

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    King Lear Comparison A tragedy is not only an imitation of life in general but an imitation of an action‚ as Aristotle defined his ideas in the Poetics‚ which presents Oedipus as an ultimate tragic hero. There is a obvious link between the two characters in that blindness – both literal and metaphorical – is a strong theme in the stories. Issues of self-recognition and self-knowledge are significant for Oedipus as well as King Lear. For Aristotle‚ Reversal‚ Recognition and Suffering are key

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    freewill‚ but the play Oedipus demonstrates a case of both fate and freewill. The mystery that is fate versus freewill is what drives Oedipus. Though Oedipus tries to avoid his fate at all costs his freewill gets him there‚ making fate versus freewill a prominent subject throughout the play. In the beginning of the play the audience is introduced to Oedipus’ fate. His fate is that he will kill his father and end up having relations with his mother. Due to his fate Oedipus is sent away from his

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    The play Oedipus Rex contains numerous human issues through the text by each characters and their dilemma. Oedipus is the main character who faces human versus dilemma directly. All of his issues in the text are seems unsolvable in human’s point of view. As the matter of fact‚ his life has been noticed by oracles by the Gods and Oedipus is the only one who does not realize the fact. The majorly debatable topic of the issues based on the passage is significantly divided into the Gods and Humans.

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    The movie begins with Martin Luther terrified in the middle of a storm and trying to escape. He pleads to God and promises that he will become a monk if God lets him live. Luther survives and becomes a monk like he promised God. He travels to Rome to deliver a priest’s letters. While he is there he sees how corrupt Rome has become. Luther decides to buy an indulgence for his grandfather in hoped that he will leave Purgatory and go to heaven. Luther realizes how wrong the selling of indulgences and

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