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    Assignment 1: Procter & Gamble Company (A) Case Analysis (Submitted in fulfillment of the assignments for Marketing Management) Indian Institute of Foreign Trade‚ Delhi Table of Contents Assignment ..................................................................................4 Executive Summary .....................................................................4 2.Analysis ......................................................................................6 Recommendations ......

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    profits from ivory and wild rubber‚ Leopold II imposed a system of torture‚ slavery and slaughter.

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    In Heart of Darkness‚ the main character‚ Marlow‚ comes across many trials and tribulations when traveling through Africa. During the time between 1876 and 1892‚ Africa was known as the “dark continent” (dark meaning evil.) Marlow’s trials and tribulations don’t only show the evil of Africa‚ but the embodiment of evil in the colonial bureaucracy and Kurtz by the actions they take towards the people/criminals in the community due to imperialism. Africa was like a cigarette‚ a start to destruction

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    and possessions take them to the heart of the congo‚ where elephants are slaughtered for there tusks that are ivory. The ivory is considered a high commodity in England. The ivory symbolizes greed and destructive nature of man and agents of the company are so opposed with obtaining ivory that they forget there morals ‚ so called civilized ways. This representations of the greed over the ivory on the landscape can be seen in this quote found in the book Heart of Darkness “ to tear treasure out of the

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    The Bells Mackenzie Gates Many types of literary devices are used to create an overall mood for each section of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Bells”. The first section starts out happy reminding people of Christmas time and many of the ways bells are incorporated with this time of year. This is followed by a joyful wedding in section two. The mood‚ however‚ then shifts for the worst in section three‚ turning to the terror of a fire. The fourth section finishes the poem off with death represented

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    groups represented. The gathering became the platform for King to not only respond to the constraints that racial divide had placed on the black American community‚ but to challenge the current conditions with a call for the audience to “transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood”. King used a variety of language and imagery in

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    Kurtz‚ who has become power-driven and insane. Along the way‚ Marlow discovers the awful truth about the company he is employed by and how barbaric they treat the natives. Marlow learns how destructive and mentally corrupting the Congo River and the ivory trade can be. Throughout the novella‚ the river represents something

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    Man has continually struggled with greed. In the pursuit of greed‚ morality breaks down. Author Joseph Conrad in his novel‚ The Heart of Darkness‚ implies that true darkness lies within people who abandon their humanity for greed. While the Europeans give the appearance of morality‚ they have no integrity. The accountant best personifies the abandonment of morals. The emphasis that the accountant places on balancing his books in the middle of the jungle confirms the importance of profits to the

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    When Marlow first hears about Kurtz from the Company’s chief accountant‚ he learns that Kurtz was “a very remarkable person” who was “in charge of a trading post in a true ivory country‚” sending in “as much ivory as all the others put together” (p. 12). It becomes evident that Marlow values not only success‚ but both hard work and success which he sees in Kurtz‚ a reason that he becomes ever more driven to meet Kurtz. Kurtz‚ unlike the manager

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    Africa‚ which was gradually being filled in with names and features as it was explored and colonized. For Marlow‚ the journey up the Congo becomes a pilgrimage to meet Kurtz‚ the man of reputedly brilliant talent and eloquence who sends down more ivory than all the company s other traders put together(90 Reilly). Gradually‚ as the people that Marlow despised began to defame Kurtz‚ he (Marlow) became

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