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    historical trends in demography over a period of time. Methods In this investigation‚ data was collected from a local cemetery. Information was recorded information from 50 headstones‚ where the individual was born between 1870 and 1930. The dates of birth and dates of death were recorded for each headstone. The headstones were

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    While there Scrooge sees two men discussing the dead man’s money and belongings. After begging the ghost to tell him who the man his‚ Scrooge finds himself in a cemetery and the ghost is pointing to a grave. Scrooge uncovers the snow from the headstone and is shocked. Scrooge reads his own name on the

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    sales the majority of the work is dependent on the number of funerals completed each month‚ however it does make up the majority of sales month on month. Variety of sales can be divided‚ basically‚ into three sections: New monumental work – new headstones‚ vases and plaques Additional inscriptions – lettering added to an existing monumental Ongoing maintenance – cleaning monument’s‚ re-fixing‚ fixing general damage. Due to monumental sales coming mainly from funerals completed by the company

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     so it didn’t bother me at all‚ I was used to it. My brother’s headstone was only a ten minute walk away so I let myself drink in the moonlight and the memories the cemetery held. I remembered the first time I went there with my mother‚ just after Jason died... She led me down the now familiar mud track past the eerie‚ dancing trees‚ to the spot she planned on burying him. And it wasn’t until I was standing in front of the headstone that I realized he was gone ; that was the first time I truly cried

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    Rhyme scheme and structure The poem has four stanzas‚ written in trimetre‚ with every second line rhyming. This structure is restrictive‚ rigid and very structured‚ which mimics the restrains of the Victorian society on homosexuality‚ in which the poet was immersed in. The stance that Victorian society took on homosexuality meant that the poet’s love was essentially forbidden- forbidden both by the persona’s surroundings‚ and also by the subject‚ who is “irked” and rejects the persona’s love

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    whatever they paid me to chisel‚ and made myself party at the false chronicles of stones.” In this line in the poem‚ Edgar states how his character is. He talks of being a chiseler and not caring about anyone who he chiseled headstones for. Even though most of the headstones he made were for his

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    thirsty. She wanted to drink the juice from a special fruit. Everyone tried to find the fruit she described but to no avail. Soon the girl became very ill and died. The father buried the girl on a hill over looking the village. He placed a beautiful headstone on her grave and the people covered it with many beautiful flowers. One day the villagers noticed a strange plant growing on the girl’s grave. They thought it was magic and built a shelter to protect it. Five years after the plant appeared‚ it

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    Book Ends by Tony Harrison – Critical Commentary Book Ends by Tony Harrison is a poem about the death of the writer’s mother‚ and the effect this has on the complicated relationship between father and son‚ who are unable to relate to each other or communicate emotionally. The tone of the poem is melancholic‚ reflecting on the theme of death and the breakup of family‚ with a bitter edge in the description of the unbridgeable rift between father and son which widens following the mother’s death. The

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    Ethan Frome is a victim of both his own personal choices and his physical environment for several reasons. Many of these reasons can be interpreted from statements that are in the close readings from the book. These quotes are taken from several places in the book and do a good job of reasoning that Ethan Frome’s problems come from both his environment and his choices. These first quotes are ones that portray Ethan as a victim of his own personal choices. The first is in the prologue when Ethan

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    “Plan 9 from Outer Space”: Worst Movie of All Time “If you want to know me‚ see Glen or Glenda. That’s me‚ that my story‚ no question. But Plan 9 from Outer Space is my pride and joy” CITATION Pla14 \l 1033 (iMDb). “Plan9 from Outer Space” is an American science fiction thriller that is known more for its blunders‚ bad acting‚ and poor costumes and sets than for its story line. It was filmed in 1959 and was written and directed by Ed Wood. This movie was meant to be the movie that made him famous

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