Ancient Humanities Essays

Ancient Humanities Essays Ancient Humanities Essay Ancient Humanities Essay Marcus Fant HUM250 Humanities KGA 1 Field Trip Report In this report I plan to take you through the ancient times with a journey with art. We will start in the Mesopotamia where you can see the Cuneiform writing which was the first form of known writing. They had a belief in Polytheism which I the belief in many Gods. It was their belief that the Gods power flows through the king. The next step would be to go to the Ancient Egyptian. They developed a style of writing called Hieroglyphics which is one of the earliest forms of writing. They also believed in polytheism and sacrifices at the time of burial. They buried their dead king are called Pharaohs in tombs called Pyramids. The Pharaohs are considered to have a sacred kingship. When we get to Ancient Greece (classical) that is called the Bronze Age (2500 – 1150 B. C. ) their religious belief is at the height of Polytheism that is the belief in many Gods. The ruler in this time frame was King Minos who was the King of Minos, they make they make their home of the Island of Crete. The artisans were very skillful in frescos and figurines and vases. Minoans worshiped freedom and equality of women. The Mycenaean’s inhabit the city of Mycenae c 1600 – 1150. The culture was a warriors and pirate culture. Like the Egyptians they believed in life after death. Another part of their history would be the Trojan war. Our next step will be the Dark Ages (1150 – 900 b. ,c. ) Early Greeks (8th Century b. c. ) The Minoans and Mycenaean’s was the base of their civilization. The had a belief in Polytheism and had anthropomorphic belief that the Greek Gods were shaped like humans. They did do sacrifies but only animals. Theology the making of gods is a synthesis of Greek Belief also Philosophy was also invented here also. Then we move to Ancient Rome (735b. c. ) where the Etruscans we engineering arches, they also believed in polytheism. Julius Caesar the first dictator Octavian Agustus. Greek puls Hellenism and practicality were all parts of Roman culture. They started public altars and satues of emperor also during that time the coliseum was being built. The next part of our time line will bring Monotheism (the belief in one God) and then we see a new vision of how to look at the way are is done. Iraq, Nimrud Ashurnasirpal II and a Winged Deity, 883-859 BC Relief; Sculpture; Stone, Gypseous alabaster, 90 3/4 x 83 in. (230. 5 x 210. 8 cm. ) Purchased with funds provided by Anna Bing Arnold (66. 4. 3) Art of the Middle East: Ancient Department. Currently on public view: Hammer Building Room 308 Assyria, Nimrud Deity Performing Ritual Purification, circa 870 B. C. Relief; Sculpture; Stone, Gypseous alabaster, 90 3/4 x 83 in. (230. 51 x 210. 82 cm) Purchased with funds provided by Anna Bing Arnold (66. 4. 5) Art of the Middle East: Ancient Department. Currently on public view: Hammer Building Room 308 These massive carved stone panels are from the lavish Assyrian palace of King Ashurnasirpal II, at Nimrud, in what is now Northern Iraq. The images and writing you see served as powerful political propaganda, meant to inspire awe and fear. The King himself is in the center panel, wearing a cap, with a bowl atop his fingertips. By picturing himself among these semi-divine beings, he asserts that the gods themselves have anointed him to rule on earth. The cuneiform writing across the center of each panel spells out the same bold inscription. It reads, in part: [I am] Ashurnasirpal, the obedient prince, the worshiper of the Great Gods, the fierce dragon, the conqueror of all cities and mountains to their full extent, the king of rulers, who tames the dangerous enemies, the [one] crowned with glory, the [one] unafraid of battle, the relentless lion, who shakes resistance, the king [deserving] of praise, the shepherd, protection of the world, the king whose command blots out mountains and seas, who forced into compliance the relentless, fierce kings from the east to the west at his very approach. Assyria, Nimrud, palace of Ashurnasirpal II Eagle-Headed Deity, 833-858 B. C. Relief; Sculpture; Stone, Gypsum, Height: 88 in. (223. 52 cm) Gift of Anna Bing Arnold (66. 4. 4) Art of the Middle East: Ancient Department. Currently on public view: Hammer Building Room 308 These massive carved stone panels are from the lavish Assyrian palace of King Ashurnasirpal II, at Nimrud, in what is now Northern Iraq. The images and writing you see served as powerful political propaganda, meant to inspire awe and fear. The King himself is in the center panel, wearing a cap, with a bowl atop his fingertips. By picturing himself among these semi-divine beings, he asserts that the gods themselves have anointed him to rule on earth. The cuneiform writing across the center of each panel spells out the same bold inscription. It reads, in part: I am] Ashurnasirpal, the obedient prince, the worshiper of the Great Gods, the fierce dragon, the conqueror of all cities and mountains to their full extent, the king of rulers, who tames the dangerous enemies, the [one] crowned with glory, the [one] unafraid of battle, the relentless lion, who shakes resistance, the king [deserving] of praise, the shepherd, protection of the world, the king whose command blots out mountains and seas, who forced into compliance the relentless, fierce kings from the east to the west at his very approach. Artist Name: Unknown Title: Osiris Date: New Kingdom (1550 1070 BCE) Place Made: Egypt Collection Area: Egyptian Art Medium: Wood with gilding Dimensions: Height: 22 1/2 in. (57. 15 cm) Credit Line: Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch Fund Osiris, the mummiform ruler of the dead, wears the insignia of Egyptian royalty: the tall crown of Upper Egypt, the uraeus (cobra) headdress, a false beard, and, now lost, a crook and flail. Images of Osiris were placed in tombs as symbols of resurrection Artist Name: Unknown Title: Figurine of the Goddess Wadjet Date: 26th Dynasty (circa 664 525 BCE) Place Made: Egypt Collection Area: Egyptian Art Medium: Bronze Dimensions: Height: 13 in. (33 cm) This elegant, striding bronze figure represents the goddess Wadjet, protectress of the king and tutelary deity of Lower Egypt. One of several Egyptian goddesses depicted with the head of a lioness, Wadjet is identified in this example by the dedicatory inscription on the rectangular base. The preserved portion of the text also includes part of the donors name and parentage. This figure probably was dedicated as an offering in a temple, and in addition may have served as a container for the remains of a sacred animal. Artist Name: Unknown Title: Artists Trial Piece Date: Late Period, 26th Dynasty, reign of Amasis or later (circa 570 525 BCE) Place Made: Egypt Collection Area: Egyptian Art Medium: Limestone Dimensions: Height: 14 in. (35. 56 cm) Credit Line: William Randolph Hearst Collection Currently on public view: Hammer Building Room 303 Artist Name: Python (attributed to) Title: Bell-Krater with (A) an Elderly Satyr (Papposilenos) Followed by Young Dionysos, and (B) Two Wreathed Youths Date: circa 350-325 B. C. Place Made: South Italy, Paestum Collection Area: Greek and Roman Medium: Ceramic Dimensions: Height: 15 in. (38. 1 cm); Diameter: 14 5/8 in. (37. 15 cm) Credit Line: Willilam Randolph Hearst Collection On south Italian vases the wine god Dionysos is almost invariably depicted as a long-haired, athletic young man. On the front of this vase the god advances across uneven terrain at night, his way illuminated by the torch carried by a small, old white-haired satyr, who hurries along with a full wineskin slung over his shoulder. They are on their way to a drinking party, and in anticipation of their arrival, Dionysos holds out his cup. Below the satyr is a small altar. Flanking the pictures front and back are slender half-palmettes, ornamental hallmarks of the Paestan style of vase painting. The two clothed youths on the reverse are standard too, as are the heavy dot-stripe borders on their garments. Andrew J. Clark, (2008) Artist Name: Python (attributed to) Title: Bell-Krater with (A) the Centaur Chiron Accompanied by a Satyr and (B) Two Youths Date: circa 350-325 B. C. Place Made: South Italy, Paestum Collection Area: Greek and Roman Medium: Ceramic Dimensions: Height: 15 1/4 in. 38. 74 cm); Diameter: 14 5/8 in. (37. 15 cm) Credit Line: William Randolph Hearst Collection On this vase a centaur is depicted traveling in the company of a diminutive satyr. The torch held by the centaur indicates that the scene takes place at night. Centaurs are part human and part horse, and more often than not, they are depicted as uncouth beings. This centaur appears distinctly human, however, and it may be that he is either Chiro n, the wise centaur who tutored the hero Achilles, or Pholos, another civilized centaur. Whoever he may be, the centaur’s torch and the presence of a satyr suggest that they are going to a nocturnal Dionysiac revel. Except for Chiron and Pholos, centaurs were notorious drunks who could not hold their liquor. Artist Name: Unknown Title: The Hope Athena Date: 2nd century A. D. Roman copy after a Greek Original of the 5th century B. C. Place Made: Italy, Ostia or Rome Collection Area: Greek and Roman Medium: Marble Dimensions: Height: 86 in. (218. 4 cm) Credit Line: William Randolph Hearst Collection Currently on public view: Ahmanson Building Room 318 Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom and war waged for just causes, wears a breastplate decorated with heads of gorgons, the monsters whose piercing gaze turned to stone everyone whose eyes they met. The statue was excavated at Ostia, the port of Rome, in 1797. The hollow eye sockets suggest that the eyes originally were inlaid. This Athena is a Roman copy of a Greek original, the so-called Hope-Farnese type of Athena, named after LACMA’s statue, which was once owned by Thomas Hope, and the other fairly complete version in Naples, which came from the princely Farnese family. Mary Levkoff, 2008) Excerpted from Hearst the Collector. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: Abrams, 2008 Dressed in a chiton and sumptuous mantle, her chest protected by an aegis, Athena may once have looked at a small figure of Nike on her right hand while supporting her left arm on a lance. She stands in the purest classical contrapposto, but since the forms of her body are entirely concealed under the garments, this is conveyed by the system of drapery folds. The helmeted head, once crowned by a sphinx and two griffins, was carved separately. The Hope Athena gives her name to a sculptural type that is based on a Greek work of 430–420 BC and relates to the famous Athena Parthenos by Pheidias. The Athena was excavated together with the Hygieia (cat. no. 110) in Ostia, the ancient port of Rome, and the two statues were sold together at the Hope collection sale in 1917. They were numbers one and two, respectively, in Hope’s catalogue of his own collection. Hearst acquired them later, at separate sales in the 1930s, thus reuniting two works of art that were probably displayed together in antiquity. He was definitely aware of their Hope provenance, if not their ancient context, since he also purchased a significant number of Greek vases that came from that English collection (see cat. nos. 99, 101–5). The Hope Athena and Hope Hygieia are clearly the most important and best-preserved Roman sculptures from Hearst’s collection. At one point the Athena was displayed in the Assembly Room at San Simeon’s Casa Grande, together with Antonio Canova’s Venus Italica (cat. no. 123). Hearst parted with the Athena only at the very end, donating her in 1951, the year of his death. Jens Daehner, (2008) Rome, Roman The Lansdowne Bust of Athena of Velletri, 2nd century A. D. Roman copy after a Greek original of about 430-420 B. C. by Kresilas Sculpture; Stone, Marble, 42 x 33 x 19 in. (106. 68 x 83. 82 x 48. 26 cm) William Randolph Hearst Collection (49. 23. 1) European Painting and Sculpture: Greek and Roman Department. Currently on public view: Ahmanson Building Room 303 A colossal Greek statue of Athena that once stood at Piraeus, the port of Athens, inspired a number of Roman copies. Its name comes from the best-preserved full-length copy, which was discovered at the site of the Villa Velletri, south of Rome, and is now in the Louvre. Fragments of LACMA’s sculpture were unearthed around 1760 by the Scottish antiquarian Gavin Hamilton. The bust has been reconstituted from them: the right shoulder, face, and part of the helmet are original. The remainder, including the snakes and the grimacing gorgon’s head, was carved in the eighteenth century. This extensive restoration was typical of the treatment of ancient fragments at that time. (Mary Levkoff, 2008) Artist Name Skopas (attributed to) Title The Hope Hygieia Date 2nd century A. D. Roman copy after a Greek original of about 360 B. C. Place Made Italy, Ostia (? ) or Rome Collection Area Greek and Roman Medium Marble Dimensions 75 x 25 x 18 in. (190. 5 x 63. 5 x 45. 72 cm) Credit Line William Randolph Hearst Collection Currently on public view: Ahmanson Building Room 318 Culture Roman Excerpted from Hearst the Collector. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: Abrams, 2008 Hygieia, daughter of the healer god Asklepios, is represented feeding a large serpent from a dish in her hand. This is the best-preserved ancient copy of a lost Greek statue of the fourth century BC- a type hence named after the Hope Hygieia- and was carved in the mid-second century AD, during the Antonine period. As with the Hope Athena (cat. no. 109), Hygieia’s eye sockets are hollow, indicating that her eyes were originally inlaid in a different polychrome material, such as colored stone or glass. When Hearst donated the statue to the Los Angeles County Museum, its appearance was essentially the same as it was when it entered Thomas Hope’s collection 150 years earlier. The original marble restorations of around 1800- including the right arm, left hand, nose, eyes, and parts of the snake- were removed in the 1970s but reintegrated in preparation for the present exhibition. Jens Daehner, (2008) Paul Vredeman de Vries (1567 1630) Interior of Antwerp Cathedral, 1612 Painting, Oil on panel, Sight: 24 1/4 x 31 1/4 in. (61. 6 x 79. 4 cm); Framed: 31 1/2 x 39 in. (80 x 99. 1 cm) Gift of William Randolph Hearst (49. 17. 5) European Painting and Sculpture Department. Currently on public view: Ahmanson Building Room 319 Inexplicably attributed at the time of its acquisition to Peeter NeeJs the Elder (c. 578–1656) in spite of its prominent signature, this interior of a cathedral is by Paul Vredeman de Vries, an artist who- like his father, Hans- specialized in painting fanciful architectural subjects. Paul’s most famous works are large compositions probably commissioned by Rudolf II in Prague, where Hans and Paul worked in 1596 (Vienna, Kunsthis torisches Museum). The Los Angeles panel, unlike the Vienna pictures, does not combine Italianate and Gothic motifs but represents instead the interior of a Gothic church loosely reminiscent of the Antwerp Cathedral. It is likely that the figures were executed by another painter, a practice common to artists such as Vredeman de Vries, who specialized in the depiction of buildings. The figures in many of his paintings were the work of Dirk de Quade van Ravesteyn (active c. 1576–1612). To judge from the close timing of his purchase and donation of this painting, Hearst apparently bought it for the museum, not for himself, just as he did Achilles Discovered among the Daughters of Lycomedes by Jean Lemaire (inv. no. 49. 17. 16) and Supper at Emmaus by Filippo Tarchiani (inv. no. 49. 17. 3). Interior of a Gothic Church is included here as an example of Hearst’s acquisitions on behalf of the Los Angeles County Museum. J. Patrice Marandel, (2008) Jean-Antoine Houdon (France, Versailles, 1741 1828) Voltaire Seated, circa 1779-1795 Sculpture, Plaster, with vestiges of paint and terracotta slip, with metal supports; on modern painted wood base, Sculpture: 52 1/2 x 35 1/2 x 33 in. (133. 35 x 90. 17 x 83. 82 cm); Base: 34 x 45 x 37 1/4 in. (86. 36 x 114. 3 x 94. 62 cm) Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation (M. 2004. 5) European Painting and Sculpture Department. Currently on public view: Ahmanson Building Room 330 Artist Name: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn Title: Portrait of Dirck Jansz Pesser Date: circa 1634 Place Made: Holland Collection Area: European Painting and Sculpture Medium: Oil on panel Dimensions: 25 1/2 x 19 7/8 in. (64. 77 x 50. 48 cm) Credit Line: Frances and Armand Hammer Purchase Fund Currently on public view: Ahmanson Building Room 324 By 1634, when he traveled to Rotterdam and painted this portrait of the wealthy brewer Dirck Jansz. Pesser (1587–1651) and those of his wife, Haesje van Cleyburgh, and his mother, Aechje Claesdr. Rembrandt was recognized as Amsterdam’s most fashionable portrait painter. Here he employed the conventional oval format but used the undulating rim of the hat, the white ruff, and the carefully orchestrated shadows of Pesser’s face to create a lively image that appears to exist in real space. Artist Name: Georges de La Tour Title: The Magdalen with the Smoking Flame Date: circa 1638-1640 Place Made: France Collection Area: European Painting and Sculpture Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 46 1/16 x 36 1/8 in. (117 x 91. 76 cm) Credit Line: Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation Currently on public view: Ahmanson Building Room 320 This painting by the French artist Georges de la Tour was made around 1638-40. De la Tour’s style reflects Caravaggio, an artist who used light in a very innovative way. He represented the light itself in the picture, and here De la Tour does the same thing. In this painting, the Magdalen is seated looking at a candle, and you see the shadows cast by that flame onto the figure and the environment. That which seems to us a very simple idea was a great innovation in the early part of the 17th century. Many artists following the example of Caravaggio in Italy did this,and the style was also adopted in other parts of Europe. De La Tour’s work is very rare. There are perhaps only 50 paintings known to be by him in the world, and the painting at LACMA is one of the very finest examples. Georges de La Tour painted four versions of Mary Magdalene, the courtesan who was absolved of sin through her faith in Christ. Here she appears in retreat from the world, contemplating the suffering of Christ and her own mortality, symbolized by the skull that she cradles in her lap. By turning her away from the viewer, using dramatic lighting, geometric simplicity, and monumentality, La Tour created an atmosphere of calm that emphasizes her penitence. Artist Name: Picano, Francesco; Vaccaro, Lorenzo Title: Saint Michael Casting Satan into Hell Date: 1705 Place Made: Italy, Naples Collection Area: European Painting and Sculpture Medium: Polychromed wood with glass Dimensions: 52 1/2 x 27 1/4 x 24 3/4 in. (133. 35 x 69. 22 x 62. 87 cm) Credit Line: Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation Currently on public view: Ahmanson Building Room 328 Artist Name: Unknown Title: Pieta Date: circa 1725 Place Made: Spain, Seville or Cordoba (? ) Collection Area: European Painting and Sculpture Medium: Polychromed plaster, macerated linen fibers, gesso- or glue-soaked fabric, wood, papier-mache, glass and other materials Dimensions: 45 1/4 x 44 1/2 x 33 in. (115 x 113 x 84 cm) Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Eugene V. Klein and Mary Jones-Gaston in memory of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stone Jones, by exchange Currently on public view: Ahmanson Building Room 328 Artist Name: John Cheere Title: The Capitoline Isis Date: 1767 Place Made: England Collection Area: European Painting and Sculpture Medium: Painted plaster Dimensions: 76 x 23 x 18 in. (193. 04 58. 42 x 45. 72 cm) Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Archie Preissman Currently on public view: Ahmanson Building Room 305 Artist Name John Deare Title Judgment of Jupiter Date 1786-1787 Place Made Rome Collection Area European Painting and Sculpture Medium Marble relief Dimensions 58 1/4 x 117 1/4 in. (148 x 297. 82 cm) Credit Line Gift of Anna Bing Arnold Currently on public view: Ahmanson Building Room 305 John Deare, an English sculptor who spent his entire professional career in Rome, was commissioned by the Royal Academy to make this relief for an exhibition in 1787. In style and subject matter it reflects the neoclassical taste for perfection. The philosophers of the Age of Reason believed that man and society, through the systematic study and emulation of both classical learning and arts, could return to a Golden Age paralleling that of classical antiquity. Deares relief embodies this ideal. In conclusion when we start with polytheism we know that it focus’s on the many gods and how it affected the way that art was make. Then how it move to monotheism. The way the culture will dictate how art was made and view throughout society.

Inspirational Quotes on Getting Better

Inspirational Quotes on Getting Better Somebody once said, The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement. We can always make room in our lives to get better, whether that means improving our health, our finances or our personal relationships. Even if we think things are perfect, theres likely a small area or two where we could put in a little extra work. Thats not to say that self-improvement is always easy: Its not. But sometimes the words of others who have been through similar struggles can give us the inspiration to carry on and change our lives for the better. Here are some famous and inspiring quotes about improving and getting better. Quotes on Self-Improvement from Writers Those with a talent for expressing themselves in words frequently offer insights the rest of us might not think of. But any writer whos ever worked with an editor knows all about the need to constantly improve and strive to be better. Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better.- John Updike Do not bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.- William Faulkner Dont be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves. -   Dale Carnegie Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life youve imagined.-   Henry David Thoreau There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and thats your own self.-   Aldous Huxley More Quotes About Getting Better Of course, sometimes inspiration comes from philosophers, business people, and entertainers. No one really has a lock on the self-improvement gig. But its up to you to decide how to apply these quotes in your life. The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.- Confucius Become addicted to constant and never-ending self-improvement.- Anthony J. DAngelo Before everything else; getting ready is the secret of success. Dont find fault. Find a remedy.- Henry Ford Dont start living tomorrow, tomorrow never arrives. Start working on your dreams and ambitions today.  -   Unknown Author Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better.- Emile Coue Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.-   Stephen Hawking God has entrusted me with myself.-   Epictetus Good, better, best; never let it rest till your good is better and your better is best.- Unknown Author Believe in yourself. Have faith in your abilities. Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers, you cannot be successful or happy.-   Norman Vincent Peale Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.- Lao Tzu

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Discovered later, this behavior may have been caused by peers at school consistently mocking Jeffrey without him putting up any defense for himself. See more:  The 3 Types of Satire Essay His fetishes and discoveries of unique hobbies began in a biology class in 9th grade where Jeffrey and his classmates dissected a fetal pig. At the end of the class, Jeffrey collected the remains of the pig and returned to the house, deciding to keep its skeleton. Dahmer’s fascination with this initial incident began to grow and carry over to other animals, such as dogs and cats. In an interview with Stone Phillips Dahmer says, â€Å"There may have been some violence involved, some underlying subconscious feelings of violence I just it was a compulsion, it became a compulsion. As this continued throughout his teenage years, Jeffrey Dahmer began to consume alcohol regularly. In the same interview he admits, â€Å"I was drinking a lot during that time and just, I don’t know, looking for some way to find some fulfillment, some pleasure and I acted on my fantasies and that’s where everything went wrong. † Soon, his alcoholism, too, got out of hand and he became an alcoholic while still finishing high school. Jeffrey Dahmer attempted to attend college at Ohio State University, but his lost of interest in attending classes combined with his heavy consumption of alcohol caused him to drop out after only a quarter of a semester. During this time, his parents, Joyce and Lionel got divorced. Jeffrey’s father made him join the Army after dropping out of Ohio State, but after a couple years, his alcohol problem again caused him to be removed. After being discharged from the Army, Dahmer decided against facing his father so he decided to live in Miami, Florida where the majority of his time was spent in a hospital. In 1981 Jeffrey Dahmer was first arrested for public intoxication. In 1982, Jeffrey went back to Wisconsin to live with his grandmother. Late nights, alcohol binges, and belligerent behavior characterized his time living there. His grandmother was tolerant of his peculiar behavior at first, which included several strange incidences: she had found a male mannequin dressed up in Jeffrey’s closet, a . 357 Magnum under his bed, and she could recall many instances where awful smells would waft from the basement. Dahmer once claimed that the terrible smell was from a squirrel that he had caught, killed, and dissolved with chemicals. (Dahmer’s father was chemist, and this claim was made from Jeffery to his father; it seems as though Jeffery told his father so that he would be proud of him). Jeffrey was arrested again in 1982 and in 1986, both times for indecent exposure. The second offense that he was arrested for in 1986 was for masturbation in front of two young males. It was only two years later that Jeffrey’s so-far-tolerant grandmother told him that he could not live with her anymore due to the many strange happenings. Jeffrey was arrested in the same year, 1988, for sexually fondling and drugging a young teenage boy (age thirteen); for this, he was put on probation for five years and for one year he was assigned to a work release camp where he was registered as a sex offender from the incident with the thirteen year old boy. Due to good behavior and a built up trust with the authorities, Dahmer was paroled from his work release camp two months early. Jeffrey Dahmer began killing at age eighteen, which was during the summer of 1978. Since this was after his parent’s divorce, Dahmer’s mother no longer lived at the same house and his father was away for business duties. Jeffrey had brought a man over to the house offering to drink alcohol with him, and when the man tried to leave, Jeffrey beat him to death with a ten-pound weight to the head. Dahmer did not murder again until nine years later where he killed a man randomly after picking him up; Dahmer said he could not recollect anything about this murder. After the second murder, Jeffrey Dahmer’s killings increased dramatically adding two more to the same year (1989), five the following year (1990), and several after that. On July 22, 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested for the alleged 17 murders (which would later be reduced to 15). Psychological Functioning: Jeffrey Dahmer is a unique human being who struggled with necrophilia, which is having sexual attraction to corpses. Upon arrest, officers found many severed heads, dismembered body parts, an altar made of skeletons, and several corpses. This makes Dahmer seem like a collector in a way, but I think that his collections go beyond what people might consider a just a fetish. Often, those who are diagnosed with necrophilia behave in this was because they strongly desire to have full possession of and control over someone without the person resisting or refraining from being with them. I think this is a lot of what Jeffrey Dahmer dealt with in his life because he confesses it himself in his interview with Stone Phillips saying, â€Å"The only motive that there ever was- was to completely control a person, a person that I found physically attractive and keep them with me as long as possible, even if that meant just keeping a part of them. † Another reason for necrophilia could be a person’s desire for increased self-esteem; being attracted to a corpse was the only way Jeffrey could avoid rejection. As we know that Jeffrey was teased and picked on when he was young and during his teenage years, I think that his murders and necrophilia are related to these difficult times in his life. I think that once he established that he could have control over his victims, he went on a power trip and began to obsess over the supremacy he felt when he was controlling someone. It is reported that during the times that Dahmer was picked on and mocked in school, he never stood up for himself and never fought back. I think this led to an internalization of his feelings. He most likely built up some hostility to those people who tormented him and took advantage of him. Jeffrey Dahmer also began his attraction to males in his teenage years as he reports going to gay bars and bath clubs. The combination of his withheld anger and aggression towards his tormentors and the frustration that came from being attracted to men could have very well led to his outward aggression and finally to his killing spree. When Jeffrey talks about the things that he would do to victims, especially evident in his first crime, his pattern began to develop and it is in direct correlation to these things: he would seek out men (doing whatever it took to draw their attention), he would get them alone one way or another (either by bring them to the house or drugging them), and after having sex with them or taking advantage of them in whatever way he found pleasurable he would kill them. While he found it enjoyable to partake in sexual encounters while them men ere still alive, Jeffrey Dahmer found himself even more attracted to the corpses of those men and he found it fascinating to dismember them and keep just â€Å"a part of them. † I believe that this is where his necrophilia came from. In Jeffrey’s first murder we can see the power struggle where he desired to have sex with the man who wanted to leave. Through his sexual desires, Dahmer channeled his anger that he was being rejected and he lashed out and beat the man to death in the head with a ten-pound dumbbell. This extreme behavior is what leads me to believe that he showed signs of sadism. A sexual sadist finds pleasure in inflicting physical pain on someone and watching him or her suffer. I also can see that maybe Dahmer was frustrated with his sexual desires toward men and he felt his only way to stop this was to destroy the root of the problem; unfortunately, Jeffrey saw the men he was attracted to as his problem and in his desire to eliminate his problem he began killing the men who made him feel this way. In some ways, I am also convinced that Jeffrey Dahmer was competent and could take full responsibility of the killings because of his strategic behavior. His victims and murders were not random. Dahmer was also able to recognize that he was not completely satisfied in his initial encounters with the male species and when those things were no longer enough for him, he started purchasing sleeping pills in order to first drug his victims so that he could then take advantage of them. If Jeffrey Dahmer was not sane and competent than this organized behavior would not be evident in his tendencies. In the interview with Stone Phillips, Dahmer says, â€Å"After the second time, it seemed like the compulsion to do it was too strong and I didn’t even try to stop it after that; but before the second time, things had been building up gradually: going to bookstores, going to the bars- the gay bars, bath clubs; when that wasn’t enough, buying sleeping pills using it on various guys in the bath clubs. It just escaladed slowly but surely and after the second time which was not planned, it was out of control—it felt like it was out of control. The way that he uses his words here implies that he does take responsibility and that he fully knew what he was doing; as he says, â€Å"it was out of control—it felt like it was out of control,† he recognizes that he had the ability to make a choice and he chose to sexually victimize the men he was attracted to and then kill them. I am convinced that all of the things mentioned above lend themselves to his atypical functioning, but one thing that was not addressed was his parent’s role in all of this. Although they were divorced and parted during a time in Jeffrey’s life where he was having difficulties in other areas, I do not think that this was an issue or trigger to any of his behaviors. In an interview Jeffrey actually defends his parents saying that it makes him mad when people accuse them of playing any role in his decisions because they were not even aware of the type of issues Jeffrey was dealing with. From what Dahmer admits, we know that it was a gradual escalation of compulsive feelings that led to his abnormal behaviors. On November 28, 1994 while in prison, Jeffrey was beaten by an inmate and died from head trauma.

The Discovery Of Fluorine :: essays research papers

The isolation of fluorine had challenged chemist for many years, taking the lives of at least two scientists in the process. Fluorine receives its name from the Latin, fluo, meaning flow.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  The first real attempt to free fluorine, was done by a chemist by the name of Humphyry Davy, between the years of (1811-1813). He first tried to liberate the element by using the chemical methods, but this failed. He then went on to try and electrolysis process using batteries. The problem with this was that the electrolytes used either produced Hydrogen and Oxygen or fluoric acid in vapor form, making it difficult to study. He then went on to fashion a electrochemical cell from horn silver because the hydrogen fluoride attacked glass. But this also failed , his hydrogen fluoride contained water. Davy gave up.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Next Louis-Joseph Gay-Lussac and Louis-Jacques Thenard were able to create a liquid hydrogen fluoride free of water. But it doesn't conducted the electricity needed for electrolysis. Thus ended their weak attempts to create fluorine.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  In 1834, Faraday (God of Electrolysis), used the electrolysis of lead fluoride in platinum vessels to yield fluoride vapors, HORAA! But no after rigorous examination he too failed.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Then along came a student of Faraday, Henri Moissan, he used electrolysis with hydrogen fluoride and Fremy's method , the result ,a yellow gas fluoride. Finally after the loss several scientists lives, not to mention the pain and suffering felt at the hands of chemists while strange chemicals ate through their vital organs. All of this in the name of Science, and there quest to find new elements. That can accomplish many new wonderful things such as the separation of

Leningrad Cemetry, Winter of 1941

Explication of ‘Leningrad Cemetery, Winter of 1941' This poem is about the World War ? especially in Leningard(1941. 09. 08~1944. 01. 18) in winter of 1941. Leningrad which is now St. Petersburg is once former capital of Russia and Russian Revolution so it was strategically important place for Hitler to have war with. German army siege this city almost 900 days and over 650,000 people are dead from this war because of starvation, exposure, disease and so on. However, Leningrad did not surrender against the enemy and bear all hardships and difficulties, later called ‘city of hero'.How extremely difficult and severe situation it was in World war ? is depicted in this poem. There are a lot of dead bodies needed to be buried but impossible because ground is frozen and grave digger became weak from hunger. Also coffin could not be made because there was lack of fuel to heat and wood should be used for fuel. Instead of coffin they put the corpse on the child's sled and take it to the cemetery. Child sled is the symbol of joy and happiness in winter snow but in the war time that kind of joy is disappeared but only degenerated to tool of moving the dead body.There are some analogies with the dead. First they are metaphored as ‘tree's ball of roots when it waits to be planted' and cocoons that will split down the center when the new life inside is prepared'. Those are very similar to appearance of the dead and characteristics such as stiffness however it also contains the meaning of life and prosperity. In contrast, the expression of ‘pale gauze, tapered shapes' make us think of mummies. Writer tried to mummify and dehumanize the dead.Furthermore, ‘naked calves hard as corded wood spilling' means piled corpses like stiff, dry wood with no life. Contrast in the metaphors tells us that the dead once having had vibrant life and had desire to restore vitality inevitably became very cold, rigid, abandoned dead body. ‘From under a cloak, a hand reaching out' means that they are not ready to die and want to live more. Speaker of this poem is third person narrator so hard to know the dead's mind exactly however we could analogize their thoughts on their death.They would want to come back to life even if they have to eat the bread made of glue and sawdust and live in the severe cold and siege. ‘Bread made of glue and sawdust' is nonsense but it means stale bread that is so dry and hard to eat. Narrator says having a life is better than death even if it becomes hard or difficult. It shows us that they really didn't want to die in the war and life is so precious itself. It is composed of only one stanza. It makes reader to be focused on the situation that writer explain with tension.Omniscient third person narrator speaks in the poem so we could not hear their direct voice but relying on what speaker says. Thesedays, there are still many threats on war outbreaks but as a generation not experiencing war yet, we have t endency to consider war as relatively light event and are not so alert or worrying compared to old generation. This poem reminds us with extreme hardships stealing a lot of innocent people's lives that war can bear and arouse our attention again on the war.

Good life Essay

At the end of our lives, we all want to be able to feel as though the life that we lived on earth was a good and happy one. This seems like the ultimate goal that we strive for every day. However, the question arises as to how we can meet this goal by the way that we live our daily lives. If you were to ask random people on the street how they live a good and happy life, each person would give you a different answer. This is because everyone has a different perspective of what is important to make this life a good and happy life, and everyone has the control to make this life possible. What would I say if someone asked me how I plan to live a good and happy life? Personally, my answer would be that living a good and happy life would be living virtuously and living a meaningful life through my passion for helping others through nursing and also through my faith. There are many people that have studied these aspects of what a good and happy life would look like and have different views on what really defines what it means to live in a virtuous and meaningful way. According to the Stoics, their idea of virtue was moral goodness, doing what is right, just, honorable and wise, but I believe that being virtuous goes beyond being morally perfect. So, what does being virtuous actually mean to me? Being virtuous means consciously striving to do what is right, and learning from our mistakes, and continually growing to be a better person. In Joel Kupperman’s book, Six Myths About the Good Life, there is a quote that reads â€Å"There has to be a learning process; part of this inevitable will involve moral decisions, made by someone who is still inexperienced and who may be under pressure. I believe that making mistakes is part of our human nature, but that does not mean that we cannot be virtuous people. We can still live a virtuous life by learning from the mistakes that we have made. So, how does this view of virtue ensure that I live a good and happy life? Living a virtuous life require us to do what is right, and feel good about those decisions that we have made. It is important to learn from our mistakes, because in return, we will grow as people, and hopefully not continue to make those same mistakes. A life full of doing bad things, will only leave us with a life full of regrets at the end, but living virtuously will prevent us from living a life of regrets and in return will ensure a good life. Someone might disagree by saying that virtue is not important because anyone could live a good and happy life by doing bad things and stomping on the people around them for their own good. But, what is this person going to think at the end of their lives? What good did they do here on earth? That person would not look back at their lives as a good life and would ultimately not end up happy with it. Yes, I am sure this person was happy at certain points throughout their life, but the ultimate goal here is to end up with a good and happy life. A good and happy life means doing good things, and feeling joy through those good things that we have done. Aristotle believes that the most pleasant life, and presumably the happiest, is a life of virtuous or excellent activity. (Haybron p. 48) This means that a life of just doing good acts is just a part of the big picture. Doing good and also living a life full of meaningful and worthwhile activities is the key to a good and happy life. This leads into my second aspect of a good and happy life, which is living a meaningful life. How does one live a meaningful life? I believe that living a meaningful life means living beyond yourself, working towards something that has value to you and also to other people, and doing something that is worthwhile in the end. It means not just existing on this earth, but living a life that you would be willing to live over again. A quote from Haybron’s book reads â€Å"Any life devoted to worthwhile ends is meaningful. This means that doing something that will have worthwhile end results for not only you but the people around you is doing something meaningful. How does living this meaningful life make our lives good and happy lives? Living a meaningful life is ultimately living an emotionally fulfilling life. We will find pride and happiness in doing things that are valuable and meaningful to us, and will ultimately lead to a good and happy life. Haybron goes as far to say that â€Å"The full measure of happiness requires that we connect, in our lives, with what seems to us to matter. This means that we will not even experience our full potential happiness if we do not engage in meaningful activities. So, if a key part of a good and happy life is just doing something that is meaningful, then someone may argue that any useless activity that someone finds meaningful will lead to a good life. For example, someone who sits on the bathroom floor counting tiles because that is something that they find very meaningful and valuable, would not be viewed as someone who is living a good and happy life to most people. This concept of doing meaningful things then must go farther than just doing things that are meaningful to us personally. This is where Haybron talks about finding something that is not only valuable to oneself but also other people. A quote from his book reads, â€Å"The most meaningful lives will combine subjective and objective meaning: appreciative engagement with what genuinely matters. † The most meaningful life then must mean engaging in activities that have an equal balance between personal meaning and also meaning to others. Through my 20 years of age, I discovered what this meaning is for me. I plan to live a meaningful life by helping others through my nursing practices and also through my faith. Helping others and making a difference in their lives through the nursing skills that I have acquired, and also the knowledge that I share about my faith, is my passion in life. According the studies done my Mihaly Csikszentmehalyi people find the most pride and joy in doing activities that they can get caught up in. He refers to them as flow experiences, and explains that these flow experiences are important to our happiness. I completely agree with what this stands for. I find that my true happiness comes from when I am engaged in situations of helping other people; not only physically but also spiritually. The feeling that I receive by giving others a better life, is a feeling of happiness that I do not find in anything else I do. I could not fill my life with enough pleasures, relationships, or belongings to ever feel as though I would be living as good and happy of a life as I plan on living, without living out my mission and passion for helping others physically and spiritually. Although this is my plan to secure a good and happy life, this may not be applicable for everyone, but living a good and happy life is most definitely achievable. Like it states in our constitution, we have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. This does not entail that our happiness is given to us, but rather it is something that we have the freedom to strive for, and find the things that will ensure us this good and happy life. In regards to my own life, I find this attainable by living virtuously and by living a meaningful life through my passion for helping others through nursing and also through my faith. By living in such a way, I can live happily knowing that I am doing good and making a difference in people’s lives that will end in something that was worthwhile. Drawing from other readings and other’s opinions, I have been reassured that it is possible to live a good and happy life through just these two aspects of virtue and meaning. I plan to live in this way in hopes that when my life comes to an end I can believe that it was a good and happy life.

Creating Theme From Poetic Elements English Literature Essay Essays

Creating Theme From Poetic Elements English Literature Essay Essays Creating Theme From Poetic Elements English Literature Essay Essay Creating Theme From Poetic Elements English Literature Essay Essay Good poets utilize a assortment of poetic elements to make a literary chef-doeuvre. Frost s verse form The Road Not Taken is a authoritative illustration of the interaction of assorted elements. This verse form contains a huge array of poetic elements including sarcasm, symbolism, ambiguity, and struggle and retrospective patterning. Frost uses these poetic elements to assist make the subject in The Road Not Taken. Faggen believes, The Road Not Taken is an dry commentary on the liberty of pick ( par. 1 ) . A great sum of sarcasm is embedded in the verse form, but it is hard to place and construe the sarcasm on the first reading. After several reads it becomes evident the huge sum of sarcasm Frost utilizes in the verse form. Katherine Kearns considered the sarcasm found in the concluding stanza of the verse form deadly ( 37 ) . Kearns believes the last stanza is a anticipation of the hereafter and the truth is foreshadowed in the present by the verse form itself: the storyteller knows where he will stop up, and all the difference can hold made no difference ( 37 ) . This leads the reader to believe the traveller s pick will do small difference in the balance of his life. The traveller made a pick, it turned out to be a good pick, and he proceeded to populate his life. The sarcasm is the traveller believed that the pick would do a large difference, and that he spent so much clip doing th e pick trusting it would do a difference, every bit good. The rubric, The Road Not Taken is dry in itself. The Road Less Traveled is a more appropriate rubric. However, Frost ironically chose to utilize the rubric to stress the route the storyteller did non take. In an reference at a college ceremonial, Susan Dentzer explains that she felt Frost utilised verbal sarcasm in his rubric to show his thought that the roads we do nt take to travel down in life have every bit much of a function in determining the class of our lives as the 1s that we do pick ( par.16 ) . Symbolism is portrayed throughout the verse form. One illustration of symbolism is Frost depicting a route in the forests to stand for the picks in life. The storyteller comes to a fork in the route that diverged in a xanthous wood ( Frost, Road 1 ) , and contemplates which route to take. This word picture symbolizes the picks in life people face, and how they make those picks. The storyteller in the verse form chooses the route less traveled and finds it makes a difference in his life one time he arrives at his finish ( Frost, Road 19 ) . However, Frost neer explains the difference it made ; he lets the reader make up ones mind why the route less traveled made a difference ( Frost, Road 19 ) . Another illustration of symbolism in the verse form is found in how the storyteller decides which route to take. His determination is based chiefly on the wear and tear of the route, and this represents how hastily people make of import determinations in life. George Nitchie believ es that although in The Road Not Taken doing a determination seems to be portrayed as capricious and unmotivated the storyteller is cognizant that every pick has unknown effects ( 160 ) . Life is full of picks and there are many picks people must do and one time made, there is no undoing those determinations. There is no remaking the past experiences except in memories, whether they are full of joy or sorrow, at the picks made and the route that was chosen to go in life. Robert Faggen sums it up good when he states The Road Not Taken reminds us of the effects of the rule of choice in all facets of life ( par.1 ) . Ambiguity is found in many different countries in the verse form. One illustration of ambiguity is when the storyteller foremost says the route he takes is grassy and wanted wear ( Frost, Road 8 ) . However, he goes on to state in the following line that the roads were truly worn about the same. There is no account about the ambiguity in these statements, even though the storyteller says it made a difference in the terminal. The reader does non cognize if the route chosen was the route less traveled or non. Another illustration of ambiguity is found when the storyteller says, Oh I kept the first for another twenty-four hours ( Frost, Road 13 ) . Then the storyteller says subsequently on in the verse form that he will likely neer come this manner once more. Additionally, the storyteller says he spends a long clip looking at both roads, and wished he could take both roads, but will salvage one route for a ulterior trip. Reading these statements in context, they make small sense. However, recognizing the statements are equivocal helps the reader understand that Frost may so be seeking to exemplify that the storyteller has no thought where he is traveling or how his life will stop up. The storyteller can non do sense of his life, and so, Frost utilizes ambiguities in the verse form that do non do sense, every bit good. The ambiguities in this verse form aid to do this verse form intriguing and do the reader to oppugn the poet s significance. Although the verse form appears short and straightforward, the ambiguities embedded in the verse form allow Frost to raise inquiries in the reader s head, doing the verse form more complicated than it appears. Frost s ability to use ambiguity helps to add machination and enigma to his work. Frost one time said a verse form is at its best when it is a teasing vagueness ( Letters 588 ) . Conflict is another poetic component found in The Road Not Taken . The chief struggle revolves around the storyteller s inability to take which route to take. The storyteller can take the common, easy route that will guarantee success but wo nt needfully convey fulfilment ; or take the less traveled route that will be more ambitious journey with unknown effects ( Frost, Road 19 ) . Most readers of the verse form can rapidly associate to the storyteller s struggle because this struggle is common in mundane life. Frost besides adds an implicit in struggle in the verse form. There is besides another underlying struggle found in the verse form every bit good. The storyteller notes he likely will neer go through this manner once more. Is at that place conflict in his life that will maintain him from going this manner once more? Is he old, and on one of the last journeys of his life? The complexness of this verse form sneaks up on the reader, and the more they understand the complexnesss, the more confusing the verse form becomes. A poetic component found in the closing of The Road Not Taken is retrospective patterning. Retrospective patterning is when the writer places a word or a phrase at the terminal of the verse form that leads the reader to reconsider their original reading of the verse form ( Feeler, par 1 ) . Frost used this technique when he placed the word sigh in the first sentence of the last stanza ( Road 16 ) . The usage of that one word caused me to oppugn my initial reading of the subject and prompted me to reread the verse form a figure of times before hold oning a steadfast apprehension of the subject. Some critics find Frost s work simple and easy to understand. However, others dig deeper into the words and make deeper significances. Peter Davison one time stated, To this twenty-four hours, in schoolrooms and libraries, pupils and instructors likewise struggle with that sweetly perplexing poesy: the puzzling significance concealed within simple linguistic communication, the self-contradictory and surprising significance couched in traditional signifier ( 113 ) . Therefore, the elements of this verse form are more than what they seem, and so is the ultimate subject of the work. Frost buries many elements in merely a few short lines, and while they may look simple at first glimpse, underneath they are much more complex and interesting. It is interesting to observe that Frost made a notation about the verse form in his diary, observing he really wrote it with a friend in head. A Frost biographer noted This is more about a friend of mine, [ Edward Thomas, as Frost noted on other occasions ] ( Romine 37 ) . Therefore, Frost had a existent individual and a existent state of affairs in head when he composed the verse form, which is yet another of import component. Frost frequently wrote poesy with existent state of affairss and friends in head, and this helps give a existent, natural quality to his authorship, and makes it look more concrete to the reader. Lee Jacobus wrote in his commentary that Frost s work is characterized by concrete experiences ( 573 ) . The Road Not Taken is an digesting verse form incorporating a assortment of poetic elements. The interaction of these elements helps to do this verse form a true chef-doeuvre. Jacobus believes, The accomplishment of a poem consequences from the elusive cooperation of all of its elements ( 445 ) . To efficaciously construe the true significance or subject of a verse form every component must be examined. After analysing the poetic elements found in The Road Not Taken , I have established the following reading of the subject. Life is a journey full of picks that will find an unobserved hereafter. The picks though frequently virtually indistinguishable lead to different fates. Happiness or repent will be determined by each person s personal contemplation on the picks made and the route chosen during their journey.

How To Plan The Best New Product Launch Marketing Campaign

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Even if they are just bored because they don’t have a fun slinky to play with. 😉 If your marketing campaign shows them how your new product can make that feeling go away, that’s where the money’s at. Build Hype for Your Product Launch Remember when Universal announced The Wizarding World of Harry Potter? Can you imagine how many people planned their vacations to Florida as soon as the announcement came out? Or the number of days that people dreamed of going there before it even opened? That, my friend, is called hype. Now, you may not be launching something comparable to Harry Potter World, but your product is awesome and valuable, and your target audience needs to be excited about it. It’s your job to make them excited! There’s something about not knowing all of the facts and details that make people want to know even more. Make sure to build up the well-deserved hype for your product and make people anticipate the arrival of it. Recommended Reading: Everything You Need To Know  About Your Creative Strategy To be able to successfully hype up your new product the way it deserves, you need to have a plan. Plan Your Product Launch Marketing Campaign Your company has been working on this new product for months or maybe even years, so why would you wait until the last minute to plan your marketing campaign? If you want your new product launch marketing campaign to succeed, you should start planning two to three months in advance (at least). A rushed campaign won’t give your new product the attention it deserves. To pull this thing off, you need a solid plan and a tool to help you implement that plan. ’s Marketing Campaigns  is the best way to consolidate all of your marketing campaign needs in one centralized location. You can†¦ Plan your entire marketing roadmap Maximize your team’s resources from one place Monitor progress and make quick adjustments Measure the success of your campaign with reports Sound too good to be true? Here’s how it works! Manage All Your Marketing Campaigns with To start, create a project in and select Marketing Campaign. From there, give your project a title and select your beginning and end dates. You’ll be able to plan every marketing element that you want included in your new product launch campaign, and you’ll want to exhaust every channel, so this campaign is going to be big. You’ll need emails to ads to social media to webinars (and so much more)... Don’t worry, has got you covered. Once you’ve added your start and end dates to the project, you’ll see the campaign’s timeline illustrated on the calendar in . Next, you’ll start adding individual marketing tactics to your project. Either hit the + sign on a date on the calendar†¦OR †¦click the tab at the top of your marketing campaign. This will prompt you to add a project to your campaign. You’ll for sure want to create ads for your new product launch, so let’s add the ad project type. From there you can†¦ Assign tasks and due dates for your team members. Get approvals on things like imaging and copy. Add attachments and make comments. Have full visibility into every task, project and campaign your team is working on. After you’ve added all of your individual projects to your marketing campaign, you can see what your timelines look like and how they fit into the entire strategy. is the best (and easiest) the only marketing suite that helps you organize all of your marketing in one place. It’s organized, effective, and versatile. If you want to simplify your processes and plan successful campaigns, schedule a demo of . Take Pre-Orders for Your New Product Pre-orders may not be relevant to your product and if they aren’t, scroll right down to step 6. But if they are relevant, listen up. Pre-order sales can make up to 23%  or more of your total revenue for your new product. That is almost a fourth of your entire sales, sales that you could miss out on. [Tweet â€Å"Pre-order sales can make up to 23% of your total revenue for your new product. #marketingstrategy†] I know for a fact that I’ve pre-ordered something because I don’t want to risk the chance of it running out when it goes live. Loyal customers trust your company so much that when you launch a new product and build up so much hype around it, that’s enough for them to hit purchase. So make sure you implement a solid pre-order purchase well before your product launches. Use Influencers to Build Hype As social media grows, the use of influencers is growing right beside it. I think we can all admit that we’ve bought something recommended on a social platform, I know I have. To find influencers that are a good fit for your product, you’ll have to do a lot of research. When choosing influencers to work with, there are four main traits  you want to look at: Niche Reach Engagement Reputation You need to find an influencer with a similar following to your target audience, which you can gauge by the type of products and information the influencer is currently sharing. While reach is important, it isn’t the only thing you should look at. Just because it looks like someone has a lot of followers and a large reach, doesn’t mean that they have quality followers. The engagement that they are getting on their posts and content will show you if their followers have real connections with the influencer. Real connections = $$$. Lastly, check out their reputation. If you decide to work with this person, customers are going to associate your product with them. Make sure they are honest, trustworthy, and respectable so that they can represent your product well. You can start using influencers in the early stages of your product. Let them test it out, give feedback, and become familiar enough with your product so that they can honestly recommend it. Also, make sure that they are involved in the campaign before pre-orders so they can help build up that hype. Alrighty, marketers. You officially know how to plan a successful new product launch campaign. If you want some inspiration to get you started, we’ve put together a list of ten successful examples and key takeaways from their campaigns.

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