Please read the following in anticipation for Wednesday’s viewing of
Endgameby Samuel Beckett
.For your final 3.5-4 page assignment, I ask that you build a FOCUSED and COORDINATED paper upon ONE of these three prompts. I ask that you engage with only what

-provides you the most in-depth critical responses above mere summary-prompts you to ask further challenging questions-drives you toward creative connections and insights and or-helps draw connections between details within the play.

*Due via email December 13th*

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CHARACTERS:

Hamm–unable to stand and blind
Clov–Hamm’s servant; unable to sit. Taken in by Hamm as a child.
Nagg–Hamm’s father; has no legs and lives in a dustbin.
Nell–Hamm’s mother; has no legs and lives in a dustbin next to Nagg.

—“I love the old questions, the old answers, there’s nothing like them.”
— -“Do you believe in the life to come?” -“Mine was always that.”

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1) Many phrases are repeated over the course of conversation in the play, and the theme of repetition is also alluded to throughout. Hamm, for instance, often repeats “we’re getting on,” or asks “is it not time for my painkiller?” Nagg says that he tells his joke “worse and worse” each time. What do you make of repetition in this play? In any case, don’t simply identify language that alludes to repetition, but use particular incidences to think for yourself extensively about the play’s style/attitude/philosophy.

2) Why doesn’t Clov leave Hamm, despite their contentious relationship? Does this unwillingness, or inability, help you understand other relationships in the play, or to elucidate its ending?

3) Does this play ultimately show us a glimmer of hope, or do you find it absolutely hopeless? Hope for what? And, or, what would hope look like in regards to this play? Does humor play a role in your decision, in either case? A thoughtful argument toward either case will nonetheless be conflicted/complicated.

In any case, you may also consider what you can learn about this play and Beckett’s message by referencing the other Beckett productions we watched in class.

 

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1. (P10-46) A plant engineering group needs to set up an assembly line to produce a new product. The following table describes the relationships between the activities that need to be completed for this product to be manufactured: Activity Days Immediate Predecessors a m b A 3 6 8 B 5 8 10 A C 5 6 8 A D 1 2 4 B, C E 7 11 17 D F 7 9 12 D G 6 8 9 D H 3 4 7 F, G I 3 5 7 E, F, H Assume that each activity time is normally distributed with expected time and standard deviation computed as shown in equations 7-6 and 7-8, respectively, on page 283. Round off all activity times to two decimal places. a) Use a Monte Carlo simulation to determine the probability that the project will finish in 37 days or less. b) Use a Monte Carlo simulation to determine the probability that the project will take more than 32 days. This needs to be in excel with the formulas. Look at the video on how to download and install crystal ball. Conduct MC simulation using crystal Ball. Show a network diagram and show the formulas for mean and variance

Activity	Days			Immediate Predecessors
	a	m	b
A	3	6	8
B	5	8	10	A
C	5	6	8	A
D	1	2	4	B, C
E	7	11	17	D
F	7	9	12	D
G	6	8	9	D
H	3	4	7	F, G
I	3	5	7	E, F, H

 

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The Hickory Cabinet and Furniture Company produces sofas, tables, and chairs. The plant uses three main resources to make furniture – wood, upholstery, and labor. The resource requirements for each piece of furniture and the total resources available weekly are as follows. The furniture is produced on a weekly basis and stored in the warehouse until the end of the week, when it is shipped out. The warehouse has a total capacity of 650 pieces of furniture. Each sofa earns $300 in profit, each table $200, and each chair $150. The company wants to know how many pieces of each type of furniture to make per week to maximize profit. The worksheet named “Hickory 1” contains a template for solving this LP problem. Answer the parts below, and then use the LP template to solve for the maximum profit. (6 points) Be sure to choose “Simplex LP” and check the “Make Unconstrained Variables Non-Negative” box. a. 1 Point: In cell B3, use the Excel’s built-in function named “SUMPRODUCT” to write a formula for the objective function. Be sure to reference the appropriate cells. b. 3 Points: In cells B9:D9, enter the profit coefficients for the objective function. c. 6 Points: In cells B12:D15, enter the constraint coefficients for each of the four constraints. d. 2 Points: In cells E12:E15, enter the appropriate constraint values. e. 4 Points: In cells F12:F15, use the “SUMPRODUCT” function to write a formula for the amount of each resource used or limitation imposed. Be sure to reference the appropriate cells. f. 4 Points: In cells G12:G15, write the appropriate formulas to determine the amount of slack or surplus associated with each resource or limitation. g. 2 Points: In cells H12:H15, write the type of inequality associated with each constraint using either “<=,” “>=,” or “=.” h. 2 Points: In cells I12:I15, write the appropriate word (either “Slack” or “Surplus”) to indicate the nature of the leftover resources or limitations.

 

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the effect on the marginal propensity to spend

Question 1

Consider the following information about the demand for
goods and services All variables are in billions of dollars

Consumption Function: C = 1000 + 09 YD

Investment Demand: I
= 1400

Government Purchases: G = 1500

Taxes: Ta = 1000 +
015 Y

Transfer Payments: Tr
= 1100

Exports: X
= 800

Imports: Imp = 1200

a Suppose that the potential level of output is $12,000
billion Use the above information to calculate the size of the output gap?the
actual level of output minus the potential level?if the economy is at
equilibrium, that is, the actual level of output is the equilibrium level Show
your work and illustrate the size of the output gap graphically with a
Keynesian cross diagram

b Calculate the size of the trade deficit or trade surplus
at equilibrium Be clear whether there is a deficit or a surplus

c Suppose that next year the economy reaches potential
output, that is,

the equilibrium level of output next year is $12,000
billion Calculate the magnitude of the exogenous change in aggregate demand
that is necessary to achieve this result Show your work

d Now assume that Imports also vary positively with income
such that

Imp = 1200 + 01Y

First, explain what will be the effect on the marginal
propensity to spend, that is, on the slope of the AD curve and illustrate
graphically

Second, explain what will be the effect on the multiplier
Be clear about the form of the multiplier and why it changes

 

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