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    Bruce Honiball

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    Mini-Case: Bruce Honiball Uansett hva som skjer med de australske aksjekursene vil kundene få tilbake sine innskudd ved slutten av året. Stiger aksjekursene med y % vil de i tillegg motta en “bonus” på 0‚5y x innskuddet. Eksempel: Innskudd på AUD 100 10 % kursstigning Tilbake 100 + 100 x 0‚5 x 0‚10 = AUD 105. Eksempel: Innskudd på AUD 100 10 % kursfall Tilbake AUD 100. Dersom vi skiller mellom innskudd (som kunden uansett får igjen) og bonus (som kunden kun får dersom markedet stiger og tilsvarer

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    2015 Dr.Godfrey Women and Gender Studies Bruce Jenner: Transitioning I know we all keep up with the Kardashians‚ but are we keeping up with Bruce Jenner and his gender transition? Slowly and slowly Bruce Jenner is becoming more womanly. We all see it and have questions of our own whether it’s true or not. But because he is a celebrity and it might not be acceptable to some people in society‚ it is kind of put on the back burner. This example with Bruce Jenner only leads to bigger problems between

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    Tragedy & Comedy

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    Greek Theatre – Tragedy & Comedy As part of the festival called Dionysia which honoured the God Dionysus‚ tragedy‚ comedy & satyr play were the three genres to emerge from the theatre of ancient Greece. Tragedy is a form of drama based on human suffering that invokes in its audience an accompanying catharsis or pleasure in the viewing. From its obscure origins in the theatres of Athens 2‚500 years ago‚ from which there survives only a fraction of the work of Aeschylus‚ Sophocles and Euripides

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    Lear and Comedy

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    Lear and Comedy.... Lear and Comedy. Strangely enough‚ it is G. Wilson Knight‚ a critic famous (not to say notorious) for a vehemently Christian interpretation of Shakespeare’s plays‚ who notes in The Wheel of Fire some of the comedic aspects of King Lear[1]. Whether or not the harsh moral ecology of King Lear fits comfortably with the Christian ethos of forgiveness‚ structural elements of comedy are plainly present in King Lear‚ quite apart from the sardonic humour of the Fool. Indeed‚ a ‘happy

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    Comedy Definition

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    on academic or athletic pursuits‚ I choose to hone in on the social realm. This is what defines me. I choose comedy to define me because it is a subject where everyone can win. In athletic activities‚ there is always a hierarchy of players based on talent. In academics‚ the hierarchy is defined by GPA and SAT or ACT scores. In the social realm‚ there is a ladder of popularity‚ but comedy can be used anywhere on the ladder. I am not the most popular person at my school‚ but I use jokes and

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    Techniques of Comedy

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    Theater 208 Comedy: Techniques behind the Laughter Comedy is the genre of film that makes even the saddest times bearable and gained a lot of popularity in a time when people needed a boost. Comedy is a unique form of film in its wide range of methods‚ and in all of these methods there is at least some of a select group of approaches. The true magic that comedy has arises from these select few techniques‚ that‚ when used properly‚ will never fail to generate a laugh. Comedy comes in a wide

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    Comedy and Plautus

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    if not the most powerful city-states in all of Europe. For this great society‚ historians use literary works to research and understand what the period was like. Aulularia is great play that can help historians investigate how slaves were‚ through Plautus’ humor you can catch how marriage and pro-creation is done and viewed in Ancient Athens. Titus Maccius Plautus‚ born sometime around 254 B.C.E.‚ (died in 185 B.C.E.) in the village of Umbria was not always known as the famous comedic play-writer

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    Satire and Comedy

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    Satire Satire is a term applied to any work of literature or art whose objective is ridicule. It has significant functions in social and political criticism. Satirical literature exposes foolishness in all its forms‚ such as vanity‚ hypocrisy‚ sentimentality etc. It also attempts to effect reform through such exposure. Satirists‚ therefore‚ design a work of literature focusing on human or individual vices‚ follies‚ abuses‚ or shortcomings

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    The Comedy in Chivalry

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    Jordynn Barnes April 16‚ 2013 The comedy in Chivalry The historical adulteration of chivalry in Don Quixote by Cervantes ties in to its literary parody. Don Quixote parodies the anticipation of chivalric affection: lone knights had lost their military essence. The dominant classes still served the ideology of chivalry. The loss chivalry can be tied into the War of the Alpujarras. The knights‚ the caballeros de cuantia‚ were obligated to keep their horse and armor ready for serving the king‚ but

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    The Comedy of Errors On October 5‚ 2014 I attended a performance at 2nd Stage Theater called “The Comedy of Errors.” This is a play written by William Shakespeare and directed by J. Daniel Herring‚ who has a 20 year career on stage. He has directed premieres including “The Great Gilly Hopkins” which played in New York and is currently directing “The Normal Heart” at Stageworks Fresno. This play is one of Shakespeare shortest plays and very comical. The story takes place in the

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