what the ideal young 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
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The United States Secretary of Homeland Security is the head of the United States Department of Homeland Security‚ the body concerned with protecting the U.S. and the safety of U.S. citizens. The secretary is a member of the President’s Cabinet. The position was created by the Homeland Security Act following the attacks of September 11‚ 2001. The new department consisted primarily of components transferred from other cabinet departments because of their role in homeland security‚ such as the Coast
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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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that balance is family‚ work and service.” (Hendricks‚ Clinton). These are the words of our current Secretary of State of the United States of America‚ Hillary Clinton. Her position holds a significant amount of importance‚ which makes her very influential. This is mostly because her position deals with foreign policy and is also considered the highest position in the presidential cabinet. Our Secretary of State‚ Hillary Clinton‚ has succeeded in accomplishing many achievements throughout her life and
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Never Perfect‚ Never Happy Society tells us what we should be‚ who we should be‚ what we should look and act like and what is perfect. Too many woman try to fit this ideal of what we should be based on media and society in an imperfect world. Marge Piercy is criticizing this in her poem “Barbie doll”. The poem shows how ridiculous it is the way we try to conform to what society’s ideals are for the perfect woman. “And presented dolls that did pee-pee/ miniature GE stoves and irons/ and wee lipsticks
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make one think of weddings and sex and the loss of virginity. However‚ in Marge Piercy’s poem‚ “Barbie Doll‚” consummation has the unexpected meaning of perfection. The idea of perfection in the poem is key to its overall implications. The definition of consummation in the Oxford English Dictionary that best fits the tone of the poem describes it as reaching the height of perfection. With the use of hyperbole and mockery‚ Piercy tells the story of almost every teenage girl. The battle of confidence
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Marge Piercy is an American poet‚ novelist‚ and social activist. Her writings have often focused on feminist or social concerns. After her first failed marriage‚ Piercy lived in Chicago where she remembers those years as the hardest of her adult life. Piercy wanted to write about women she could recognize‚ working class people who were not as simple as they were supposed to be. (Marge Piercy. 9 Nov 2011. http://www.margepiercy.com/main-pages/biography.htm>) In the poem‚ a woman is angry at the
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There are many ways of describing music. Examples of such descriptions may include identifying a song’s texture‚ harmony‚ and tempo‚ among other things. “The Rite of Spring” by Stravinsky and “Bulgarian Chant” by an unknown composer are two basic pieces that can be described with some basic terminology. “The Rite of Spring” is an instrumental piece composed by Stravinsky. This particular work of Stravinsky is polyphonic. The chords of the song are very dissonant and make for an unsettling and
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