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    Imagine a firm with the same cost structure but in each of the four market structures: Competitive‚ Monopolistically Competitive‚ Oligopoly‚ and a Monopoly.  Explain the long run outcome in each market structure. A purely competitive market insures that no buyer or seller has any market power or ability to influence the price. The sellers in a purely competitive market are price takers. The market set the price and each seller react to that price by altering the variable input and output in the short

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    ‘Valentine’ by Carol Ann Duffy Pupil Unit Includes Formative Assessment Strategies [pic] Critical Essay: Poetry ‘Valentine’ by Carol Anne Duffy [pic] By the end of this Unit you will be able to write Critical Essays on the poem ‘Valentine’. You will be able to write relevantly about the central concern(s)/theme(s) of the poem and be able to support your views by reference to appropriate poetic techniques. You will learn about/revise the following

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    Write a close analysis of ‘Mrs Aesop’ exploring how Duffy conveys her ideas to the reader. ‘The worlds wife’ is a collection of poems by Duffy written by the female halves of well-known men of time in both reality and myth. Duffy has created a literal version of an old saying behind every great man there is an even greater woman. These poems are both shocking and thought provoking as Duffy steps into the shoes of every woman‚ whose partner has affected history or the world in any way and given

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    The Stranger and The Myth of Sisyphus? Why That’s Absurd! Before the mid-twentieth century‚ “tragedy” was a special word reserved‚ as Aristotle wrote‚ only for those in power. Modernist literature (spearheaded by Arthur Miller’s Tragedy and the Common Man)‚ however‚ muddied the waters — depicting many different types of people as tragic heroes. Among the first of these so-called commoner tragic heroes was Albert Camus’ Meursault. Like the classically tragic Sisyphus in ancient Greek mythology

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    Salome Theme: The themes first introduced are predominantly modern consisting of promiscuity and infidelity. The theme of feminism is first introduced towards the end of the piece when it becomes evident to the reader how much power Salome has over her male counterpart Duffy’s reference to the tale of John the Baptist shows her modernising of the tale as it is subverted to suggest that Salome has had a one night stand‚ thus showing the theme of promiscuity. The story reverts to the original

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    ‘Valentine’ by Carol Ann Duffy is one of the most profound love poems in the world‚ with a strong message to all readers. The general idea that Duffy is trying to get across to us is how the gifts given at Valentine has no real meaning of true love. She uses many different techniques and figurative language to express her message. Evidently‚ there is no specific pattern of rhythm and rhyme‚ so therefore we can conclude that this poem is written in free verse. This highlights the fact that love has

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    long Journey‚ with good as well as bad times in it. From childhood to old age‚ we strive forever to experience and learn‚ often positive as well as negative turns in life often bringing upon one a lot of change. In the poem ’originally’ by Carol Ann Duffy‚ one reads about a seemingly sudden change in a Childs life‚ where one is confronted with leaving their home‚ their country‚ to live somewhere else unknown. In ’Originally’‚ which is divided into three parts‚ one follows the experiences of a speaker

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    “What connections have you found between the ways Duffy and Pugh explore the power and limitations of language? In your response you must include detailed critical discussion of at least two of Duffy’s poems.” Duffy explores the “power of words” in being able to translate as well as influence complex emotions and thoughts‚ thus reflecting on the possibilities of language. She addresses the elusive nature of meaning‚ which –although expressed uniformly through language-is also restricted in being

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    ‘A Person I Admire’ Conor Duffy 11 (4) The person I admire is Saint Maximilian Kolbe. He was born on 8th January 1894 and died on 14th August 1941.He was a Polish Conventual Franciscan friar who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz in Poland. He was canonized on 10 October 1982 by Pope John Paul II‚ and declared a martyr of charity. He is the patron saint of drug addicts; political prisoners; families; journalists; prisoners; amateur radio; and

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    “War Photographer” A poem which encourages the reader to feel sympathy is “War Photographer” by Carol Ann Duffy. The persona you are encouraged to feel sympathy towards is the war photographer. The poem features a war photographer who tries to deliver the message that suffering is wrong and should be stopped but is made to realise that the people “do not care” and his job is futile. The poet makes use of word choice‚ imagery and structure to show that the war photographer feels isolated and

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