Economics Internal Assessment Writing a Commentary on News article Task 1 Headline: Pharmaceutical giant Paladol misjudge its market by raising the price on its best-selling headache relief tablet. Price elasticity of demand (PED) is a measure of the responsiveness or sensitivity of consumers to a change in the price of a particular good. In this article‚ Paladol raised the price of its product‚ which was a mistake; there are a lot of other medicines for a headache and most of them would
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Hamlet’s Treatment of Ophelia and Gertrude Modern folklore suggests women look at a man’s relationship with his mother to predict how they will treat other women in their life. Hamlet is a good example of a son’s treatment of his mother reflecting how he will treat the woman he loves because when considering Hamlet’s attitude and treatment of the Ophelia in William Shakespeare’s play‚ Hamlet‚ one must first consider how Hamlet treated his mother. A characteristic of Hamlet’s personality
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COMMENTARY Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a complex literary piece that through diction‚ symbolism‚ and imagery explores the typical human inclination to push boundaries and the corollary that comes with these actions. The use of diction in the excerpt builds intricate characters that question and challenge the reader’s ideas. As a main component of the story’s theme in an overall sense‚ as well as in the passage‚ the allegory and representation of the characters form a new interpretation of the
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IB English Crucible Commentary by Kim Le Select 2/3 sequential pages of significant thematic and literary value Pages Chosen: 124‚125‚ 126 The crucible is a play written by American playwright‚ Arthur Miller and is a dramatization of the Salem witch trials‚ in the late 1600’s. In the final 3 pages of the novel (124-126)‚ Proctor (the protagonists) of the novel faces the prospect of a hanging unless he confesses to his alleged crimes of witchery. The passage is of high literary value‚ cleverly
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Michael McIntyre “Ian I’m on train” commentary Michael McIntyre is seen as camp‚ slightly oriental‚ straight guy with a family. His friendly bubbly persona appeals to the general public as many of his anecdotes are based on real life situations that he along with the general public have encountered. McIntyre’s persona and comic effect are enhanced by the visual acts he performs on stage‚ the use of his hands; facial expressions and tone of voice (prosodies) bring his anecdotes to life and allows
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Since her childhood Ophelia is surrounded by two men - her brother Laertes and her father Polonius. They have the strongest authority over Ophelia and traine her to be obedient and chaste. Consequently‚ Ophelia believes what she is taught: women are chaste and constant; males are legitimate and noble. The assumption of "guardians" represents Ophelia as a week woman easy to manipulate. After the first scene she is going to be wrestling with many conflicting ideas of a proper way of behaviour of a
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months of being manipulated by the court and the devastation she feels when her boyfriend kills her father‚ Ophelia can take no more and heads down a dark path of insanity to which there is no return. Though Ophelia should see nothing but innocence and love she sees only the poison circling around the court. When her father‚ Polonius finds out about Hamlet and quickly starts to pull Ophelia in two different directions. She is told that she may not spend anymore time with Hamlet‚ that “If with too
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UNIVERSIDAD PEDAGÓGICA NACIONAL LITERATURE IN ENGLISH II LAURA CAROLINA VELANDIA 2008134060 GROUP 1 COMMENTARY ABOUT HAMLET In the following commentary‚ I will introduce‚ on the one hand‚ a brief comparative data from the play “Hamlet‚ Prince of Denmark” by William Shakespeare and film “Hamlet‚ the honor of revenge” by Franco Zeffirelli.. As regards to analysis of the work itself and the characters I will address various topics‚ such as: revenge‚ doubt‚ fate and ambition. The tragedy
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‘Frankenstein’ - Commentary The extract from ‘Frankenstein’ by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley is a narrative of Victor Frankenstein‚ a scientist‚ who has created life from dead matter. He has made a promise to his creature that he would create another monster – a female – for his companionship. He has been working hard on this task alone in his laboratory. Victor contemplates the ramifications of his work on society. He fears that the new monster may become wicked and treacherous‚ maybe even worse
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he did love Ophelia. In the play‚ The Tragedy of Hamlet‚ Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare‚ Hamlet denies the fact that he doesn’t love Ophelia throughout the play‚ seeing that Hamlet and Ophelia were being watched almost every time they talked‚ led him to say that he didn’t love her anymore. It has come about to be that maybe Hamlet said all those awful things to Ophelia because he was afraid Claudius would take revenge on Hamlet‚ which would mean Hamlet would be leaving Ophelia all alone.
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