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    the play‚ Mary and Violet‚ are similar in terms of mother and child relationships‚ but different on their thoughts and uses of their pasts. These plays emphasize a parent’s relationship to their child. Mary and Violet treat‚ Jamie‚ Mary’s elder son‚ and Ivy‚ Violet’s nearest daughter‚ with disrespect unlike their other children whom are treated with more care and love. The past plays a prevalent role on Mary’s nostalgia to happiness before her life with Tyrone. Conversely‚ Violet uses her past as a

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    Final Revised Over the past seven years the Bush administration‚ possibly longer the U.S government has been monitoring the internet and telephone activity of American citizens in secrecy. Many of the American citizens being monitored have not been convicted of any crime and have caused no suspicion of wrong doing. Despite these circumstances these private citizens are being unlawfully monitored by the U.S government without consent. This scandal has caused a split decision in the American society;

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    It is through these new understandings that individuals are able to both reconcile with themselves and the broader world. Gow states at the beginning of the play‚ that Gwen and her husband are involved in a lengthy search for a set of keys. This symbolises their ineptness and their need to gain a sense of control and security over their lives. The responders are not presented with a linear set of discoveries and positive

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    References: * Gwen Bruno. (2009). “What Does the Mona Lisa Represent?” Demand Media Inc. Retrieved January 25‚ 2013 from; http://www.ehow.com/facts_6175839_mona-lisa-represent_.html * * Lee. (2013). “What was the Venus De Milo made of?.” Yahoo Inc. Retrieved January

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    failures of his family and covenant marriage to wife Violet. The house has become dysfunctional -their children have moved out‚ duct tape has been placed over the shades in the windows‚ Beverly and Violet each struggle with their own vices; pills and alcohol. Johnna accepts the job as the live-in care taker; creating a classic foil between her and Violet Weston. The foil becomes apparent as early as the introduction of Johnna and Violet‚ where Violet curtsies to Johnna in a mocking manner. “Like..

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    The Miserable Mill starts with Violet‚ Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire traveling on a train heading for Paltryville‚ the place where the children will stay to their new home‚ the Lucky Smells Lumber mill. When they arrived at the location‚ the children know that they will have to work at the mill‚ but as fragment of the agreement‚ their new custodian‚ Sir ‚they called it Sir because his name was so long that nobody pronounces it right‚ will try to keep Count Olaf‚ their nemesis‚ away. They encounter Sir’s

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    knowing. In the novel All the Bright Places‚ by Jennifer Niven‚ depression and mental illness is a recurring theme. The novel features two main characters that go by the names of Violet and Finch. They are both in their senior years of high school‚ the difference between them is that Finch can’t wait until death and Violet can’t wait until graduation. The theme or mental illness appears again and again with Finch‚ he suffers from what we the reader can assume is bipolar disorder. He refers to his normal

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    feeling. Even with Violet‚ his wife for over 20 years‚ Joe is unable to share experiences or have even a normal conversation. Joe does not know about Violet’s problems‚ for he never talks to her: Joe never learns “of Violet’s public craziness” after they move to the city—Violet is afraid to even reveal her own problems to herself‚ let alone Joe (22‚ 97). Revealing of the poor state to which the bonds between them have deteriorated‚ the narrator describes: “20 years after Joe and Violet train-danced on

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    frustration but also‚ how children‚ in this case Violet‚ have a desperate need for attention‚ understanding and love. Another theme is Christianity and religion. The short story sets medias res on a cold day where a little girl‚ the main character‚ “pretends to be smoking‚ clamping imaginary cigarettes between her lips before exhaling with a billowy mist of breath”(Line 3). The girl and her family are on their way to church to celebrate Christmas. The girl‚ Violet‚ is little and curious. Even though she’s

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    and is located between space of the outer and inner cytoplasmic membrane.     cell wall contains LPS which make them virulent C. What is the purpose of crystal violet in the Gram’s stain procedure? Crystal violet stain is a histological dye used as a stain in Gram’s Method of categorizing bacteria. The purpose of crystal violet in the Gram’s stain procedure is to differentiate bacteria into two different groups of pink and purple colours with gram positive being purple and gram negative being

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