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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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    Rosario Ferré uses dolls in her writing to symbolize the methods in which society holds down women in Puerto Rico as well as throughout the world. In "The Youngest Doll‚" Ferré sets the precedent that dolls are equal to the maiden aunt’s nieces‚ by stating‚ "The aunt had continued to increase the size of the dolls so that the height and other measurements conformed to those of each of the girls (Ferré 483)." The methods in which the aunt prepares the doll‚ such as‚ "Then she would make a wax mask

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    The Bobo doll experiment was conducted by Albert Bandura in 1961 and studied patterns of behaviour associated with aggression. Bandura hoped that the experiment would prove that aggression can be explained‚ at least in part‚ by social learning theory. The theory of social learning would state that behaviour such as aggression is learned through observing and imitating others. The experiment is important because it sparked many more studies about the effects that viewing violence had on children

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    “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 “Barbie Doll”‚ the

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    Play Report For the play repot I chose to see the musical‚ Guys and Dolls. It was written by Jo Swerling and directed by Roy Hamlin. It was produced by Theatre under the Stars‚ and preformed in the hobby center‚ in Sarofim hall. The Theatre was very large and had a Proscenium arch stage. Guys and Dolls did not have a very large cast. The main characters were Sarah Brown‚ Sky Paterson‚ Miss Adelaide‚ Nathan Detroit‚ Nicely Nicely Johnson‚ a police officer and a few gamblers. Sarah Brown works

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    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 do with symbols‚ the dolls‚ the stove‚ the iron‚ the lipstick‚ they all represent

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    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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    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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    Society’s Whims Are NOT To Be Fulfilled In the poem “Barbie Doll‚” author Marge Piercy utilizes four well-developed stanzas to depict a scornful view of American society. Applicable to all time periods‚ “Barbie Doll” narrates the short-lived life of a young girl despised by society for her appearance. Barbie Doll is like a fairytale‚ full of plasticity‚ fakeness‚ and fantasy. However‚ unlike a fairytale‚ “Barbie Doll” ends with society applauding the funeral of a princess that was torn apart

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    “Barbie Doll” by Marge Piercy The poem “Barbie Doll’ by Marge Piercy dramatizes the conflict between stereotyping and perfection within society. The title accentuates the theme of the poem; the Doll symbolizes society’s interpretation of beauty and a reflection of how the girl’s ideas of this beauty shape her self-worth. According to Steven Ratiner‚ author of Giving Their World: Conversations with Contemporary Poets‚ it is Piercy’s realistic interpretations of life experience which develops the theme

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