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    Hap- Commentary

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    Hap- Thomas Hardy (Commentary) ‘Hap’ by Thomas Hardy‚ reflects the poet’s pessimistic and atheistic way of looking at life. In the first stanza‚ the speaker says that some vengeful god is happy for the people who are suffering. He wants God to admit to taking joy from the suffering of the people. The only question that comes to mind is why does the speaker wish for such a sadistic god? The speaker answers this question by saying that he would die in righteous anger at his unmerited

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    Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is a book about a boy who travels down the river with a runaway slave. Twain uses these two characters to poke fun at society. They go through many trials‚ tribulations‚ and tests of their friendship and loyalty. Huck Finn‚ the protagonist‚ uses his instinct to get himself and his slave friend Jim through many a pickle. In the book‚ there are examples of civilized‚ primitive‚ and natural man. Civilized man is shown in the book. The widows are a good example. They

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    Macroeconomic Commentary

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    Commentary Two of the main macroeconomic objectives are low inflation rates and high economic growth. In an economy inflation is the persistent increase in price levels over a period of time while economic growth is an increase in real GDP (value of economic output adjusted for inflation). Most times‚ government stifles economic growth as they disregard it to concentrate solemnly on finding a solution for high inflation. This is presently one of India’s greatest problems as it struggles to combat

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    Venice Commentary

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    Tyler Every March 25‚ 2013 Written Commentary 6: Venice by Jan Morris The author’s purpose is to describe the setting by contrasting her culture to Venice and by using irony to display the people‚ surroundings and daily life. A mother who just started living in Venice is telling us about the setting and her life in Venice. She uses irony‚ humor and contrast to build the imagery of the city and people. Throughout the passage the author uses irony to convey the surroundings and the image

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    Economics Commentary

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    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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    Women: What role do women characters play in Homer’s The Odyessey and Chauncer’s Canterbury Tales? Men and women are both stereotyped to behave a certain way that fits into roles that society has created for them. Men are seen as being the forefront of the family‚ while the women are behind the scenes and inside the household taking care of petty things. Men are always portrayed as being mentally and physically tough and mighty with the ability to forge a life outside of the household‚ while

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    Frankenstein Commentary

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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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    English Commentary

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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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    Frankenstein - Commentary

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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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    Geoffrey Chaucer used narrative framework in The Canterbury Tales to bring different story tellers as on with strong individual characteristics and gained a bond with the stories they told. The definition of a frame story is a set of different small stories to form one big story to tell. A frame tale is a story within a story. Framing is mostly used in narrative writings to have more stories to tell. A frame story will have one character that will start the story off in the beginning or the character

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