www.the-criterion.com The Criterion An International Journal in English ISSN 0976-8165 Ngugi Wa Thiong’o’s Petals of Blood as a Mirror of the African Revolution Akinwumi Olutola Federal University Oye‚ Ekiti State‚ Nigeria Abstract The paper focuses on African revolution through Ngugi Wa Thiong’o’s Petals of Blood. It analyses the revolutionary temper over the years especially in the contemporary African novels. Many African writers and some intellectuals have been preoccupied with social and
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Rose Petal is Variety Seeking because there is Low involvement of consumer and also the price oftissues is low. Competitors Rose Petal has direct as well as indirect competitors. In direct competitors it has no primary competitor because of its monopoly inthe tissue market and its secondary competitors are Moveeta‚ Fay‚Flying and Jasmine. The companies producing towels‚ napkins andhandkerchiefs are the indirect competitors of Rose Petal tissues. Target market Target market of Rose Petal is the
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Alfred Lord Tennyson A Farewell Flow down‚ cold rivulet‚ to the sea‚ Thy tribute wave deliver: No more by thee my steps shall be‚ For ever and for ever. Flow‚ softly flow‚ by lawn and lea‚ A rivulet then a river: Nowhere by thee my steps shall be For ever and for ever. But here will sigh thine alder tree And here thine aspen shiver; And here by thee will hum the bee‚ For ever and for ever. A thousand suns will stream on thee‚ A thousand moons will quiver; But not by thee my
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Crimson Tide Essay Crimson Tide is a 1995 submarine film about a conflict with the Russian Federation. In the movie‚ there are two main protagonists; one is the commanding officer Captain Ramsey‚ and his new executive officer Lieutenant Commander Hunter. The movie displays many different traits and attributes of leadership‚ but mostly it shows the conflict of struggle that can happen between the chain of command‚ with the rules of the book. The first scene where leadership is shown is the scene
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The poet Alfred Lord Tennyson speaks the poem “the charge of the light brigade” with many themes in mind‚ but the main themes that are best portrayed are honor‚ and death. The poem talks about a British brigade consisting of 600 men‚ with only horses and swords. They charge a Russian unit knowing that this mission might be their last. We can infer that the poet Alfred lord Tennyson has these two themes in the poem based on the details provided by the poem “The Charge of the Light brigade”‚ and the
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The Victorian age was an age where many changes occurred socially‚ economically‚ and industrially. People began to explore into areas such as the earth‚ the human body‚ and how to benefit the daily lives of individuals. English literature was also something that was beginning to be developed. Historically‚ it began when Queen Victoria was anointed to the thrown in 1837 and brought a new prosperity to England. She held the throne for 63 years which is the longest monarch to hold the thrown
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The first poem I am going to write about is the Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred lord Tennyson. Alfred was born on the 6th of August 1809 in Lincolnshire England. Alfred died on the 6th of October 1892. The poem is talking about war that he read in the newspaper and he wrote a poem about them. The battle took place in the 1854. Alfred was not a soldier in the war he think war is a good thing. In the first verse it talks about the six hundred soldiers going to war in
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Alfred Tennyson‚ 1st Baron Tennyson‚ FRS (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during much ofQueen Victoria’s reign and remains one of the most popular British poets.[2] Tennyson excelled at penning short lyrics‚ such as "Break‚ Break‚ Break"‚ "The Charge of the Light Brigade"‚ "Tears‚ Idle Tears" and "Crossing the Bar". Much of his verse was based on classical mythological themes‚ such as Ulysses‚ although In Memoriam A.H.H. was written to commemorate his
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English Close Reading Analysis The poem Mariana by Alfred‚ Lord Tennyson was published in 1830 and is the text I have chosen to do closely analyze. The subject matter of the poem was taken from one of Shakespeare’s plays titled “Measure for Measure”‚ and the line: “Mariana in the moated grange‚” gave Tennyson the inspiration to write of a young woman waiting for her lover. The two texts share a common theme of abandonment‚ as in Shakespeare’s play the young woman is also diligently awaiting
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In Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poem‚ “Crossing the Bar‚” he describes his placid attitude towards death. He wrote‚ “Crossing the Bar” in 1889‚ three years before his death while crossing the Solent. Days before his death‚ he asked his son to put his poem at the end of all his poetry editions (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography). Throughout the poem‚ Tennyson demonstrates his acceptance of death through an extended metaphor of “crossing the bar” as he transitions into death. In “Crossing the Bar”
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