Read the following lines from the second half of the sonnet above. (The asterisks reference the definitions of the words provided off to the side of the poem.)  *** Time doth* transfix** the flourish*** set on youth                                * does **puncture ***energy  And delves* the parallels in beauty’s brow,                                         *digs  Feeds on the rarities of nature’s truth,  And nothing stands but for his scythe* to mow.                                   *long, curving blade     And yet to times in hope my verse shall stand,     Praising thy worth despite his cruel hand.   *** What comment is the speaker making about Time in the first four lines? How does the couplet reverse the characterization of Time? Who or what has the strength to withstand Time? Reminders: Use ONLY your brain, your notes, the texts, and study aids I have posted. Do NOT plagiarize or cheat, using the Internet, AI, or another classmate or anyone else for that matter. Doing so WILL result in an automatic ZERO for the test and a report to the Vice-President of Student Services and a possible F in the course. There are twelve short answer questions, BUT you choose the EIGHT you want to respond to. Answers NOT written in complete sentences will earn no more than half credit. Show me what you know and think. Make no assumptions about what I think you know or think. Provide more information and ideas than you think you need. Answering all twelve will NOT earn you extra credit. You may receive partial credit for your responses. Although this is not a composition class, it is still an English class, so use your best standard English skills.

Like cause marketing, this cause branding strategy for the Campaign for Real Beauty “is merely a cleverly disguised ploy to mask some of the fundamental problems for which the very same marketing forces are directly or indirectly responsible.” Within this consumer context, commercial connotations are attached to ______.

Based on the Duck Dynasty show, the normalization of maleness and Whiteness contributes to these working-class subjects being constructed as ______, which lends itself to hegemonic narratives of rugged individualism, the suppression of class consciousness, and the maintenance of White male supremacy.

In the article, “The Year We Obsessed Over Identity”, Morris believes that our interactions with personal technologies (e.g., video games) have helped us create alternate or auxiliary persona.

The show Duck Dynasty discursively configures rednecks as authentically masculine and yuppies as feminine, which therefore implies the superiority of the former over the latter in this patriarchal context. Although the term yuppies commonly refers to young (White) urban professionals, family patriarch Phil Robertson applies the term to ______.

By presenting men as hopelessly inept in personal and professional matters, sitcoms cannot shape the idea that men are not supposed to be emotionally intelligent, responsible, or able to manage family dynamics well.

The Murray article advances that the Campaign for Real Beauty is a cause branding strategy that merges messages of corporate ______.

A feminist semiotic analysis suggests that, under a guise of corporate altruism that democratizes female beauty, Campaign for Real Beauty endorses ______.

Governments worldwide do not have an interest in regulating Facebook to protect citizens’ privacy, but they are also often complicit in using the platform for surveillance purposes.

Which of the following help shape our view of the world and our deepest values: what we consider good or bad, positive or negative, moral or evil?