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What Is Violet's Irrelevant?
After a very awkward prayer delivered by Uncle Charles unwillingly and involuntarily,
Violet initiated the conversation by asking an irrelevant question to her daughter “Barb, have any use for that sideboard”. First it’s very important to note that violet is a drug addict who suffers also from oral cancer. Her character is a full of despair mixed with ruthless bitterness, anger, resentment, melancholy and lack of compassion. Along the conversation, she was making numerous irrelevant contributions only to attack or to insult her family members. Form first reading, it seems that Violet is attempting to open or start a conversation with her eldest daughter Barbara. However, this is not true. Violet’s irrelevant question in not an innocent and

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