Tutorial Set 1 PREFERENCES 1. A basic assumption about consumers in microeconomics is that they have preferences over different baskets of goods. Explain the concepts: “preference”‚ ‘preference order”‚ and “basket of goods”. 2. a) If there are only two goods‚ it is possible to illustrate a consumer’s preferences over them with an indifference map. Draw an indifference map with three indifference curves. b)There are a few standard assumptions about what an indifference map can and cannot look like
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experience a sense of belonging in varied and complex ways. How is this explored in the text you have studied? People have different experiences of belonging‚ some of these are positive and others are negative. This concept will be explored through the prescribed text‚ the poems Immigrant Chronicle by Peter Skrzynecki‚ the film Looking for Alibrandi directed by Kate Woods and the novel Ten things I hate about me written by Randa Abdel El Fattah. These texts highlight the different aspects of belonging
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The shakespearean play Taming of the Shrew‚ is a classic story of the battle of the sexes. Kate and Petruchio have a struggle of wills to decide who has the power in their marriage. In this battle‚ Petruchio ends up winning the battle‚ and Kate ends up tamed. Petruchio set up an elaborate plan to tame his shrewish wife‚ and through various schemes‚ he turns Kate from a temperamental shrew‚ into an obedient wife. Petruchio carries out a predetermined‚ intricate strategy to suppress Kate’s ill humor
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Kate was tamed in the play‚ “The Taming of the Shrew” by William Shakespeare. It seems that she was not tamed‚ but brainwashed‚ because the way that Petruchio tamed her involved cruel methods that were manipulative and exploitative. Kate changed because she didn’t want to be abused anymore; she was doing nothing more than putting on an act to please Petruchio. Kate was depicted as a horrid person to be around at the beginning of the play. She had done many things in the play that proved that point
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I live in New Zealand‚ a country in the Antipodes‚ and here is my Top Ten list of things I hate about New Zealand‚ starting at number Ten and counting down. 10. The Weather - It constantly changes. If it rains it is extremely grey and gloomy. If it is sunny it burns. 9. The Hole In The Ozone Layer - Thanks to industrial countries like Germany and the United States‚ we have a great big hole hanging over our heads which exposes us to the harmful rays of the sun. I go outside for two minutes and I
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The Taming of the Shrew is one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays. It is both a witty and complex play with characters that are appealing and believable drawn from life and based on a keen understanding of human nature. One can see this in the main character of the play‚ the shrew Katherine. Critics and Shakespearean scholars have often wondered about Kate’s character. Conjectures for the reasons of Kate’s shrewd behavior as well as her tameness have puzzled scholars for ages. This essay will
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10 Things Every College Professor Hates - Business Insider 1 of 4 http://www.businessinsider.com/10-things-every-college-professor-hates... LISA WADE‚ PH.D.‚ SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGES AUG. 26‚ 2014‚ 10:41 AM Getty Images/Kevork Djansezian I got this email from an Ivy League student when I arrived to give a speech. She was responsible for making sure that I was delivered to my hotel and knew where to go the next day: Omg you’re here! Ahh i need to get my s--t together now lol. Jk. Give me a ring when
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“Ten things I hate about you is a good appropriation of Shakespeare’s play ‘taming of the shrew’.” ‘Ten things I hate about you’ (ten things) is a movie‚ which was released in 1999. It is meant to be an appropriation of shakspeares play ‘taming of the shrew’. But my question is‚ has it done so successfully? Even though he directors of ’10 things’ have changed a significant amount of the play‚ the main story line has been preserved‚. there are obvious similarities between the two texts. For
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least debated the issue of the double standard (Kelly-Gadol 191-192). This shift in the concept of love and marriage is one of the themes that run through Kelly-Gadol’s essay. It sheds more light on what caused the whole shift in power between men and women after the end of the medieval period. In the article “Construing Gender: Mastering Bianca in The Taming of the Shrew”‚ author Patricia
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Katherina Minola The Taming of the Shrew is one of acclaimed playwright‚ William Shakespeare’s‚ earliest plays. However‚ despite the fact that it was written around 1592‚ in the Elizabethan era‚ the Taming of the Shrew is still widely read and appreciated today‚ over 400 years later. One of the primary reasons for the continued attraction of this play is our fascination with its main character‚ Katherina‚ daughter of the wealthy Baptista Minola‚ and sister of much adored Bianca. She is seen at
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