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The origins of Mardi Gras can be traced to medieval Europe, passing through Rome and Venice in the 17th and 18th centuries to the French House of the Bourbons. From here, the traditional revelry of "Boeuf Gras," or fatted calf, followed France to her colonies. On March 2, 1699, French-Canadian explorer Jean Baptiste Le Moyne Sieur de Bienville arrived at a plot of ground 60 miles directly south of New Orleans, and named it "Pointe du Mardi Gras" when his men realized it was the eve of the festive

disproven, as when children are exposed to the horrors that were happening to the child they are quick to feel terrified and not talk to their parents or anyone for weeks. This exemplifies how the city's belief that they are perfect is not true, as they gaslight themselves into believing they are perfect based on the fact that the child's suffering “helps” them. Another major form of propaganda used in this short story is fear. The people use the fear of becoming less than perfect to not save the child,

Holmes truly is. Throughout his novel, Erik Larson uses figurative language to reference the iniquitous, hidden personality displayed in Holmes. For example, the office building where Holmes portrays his work is similar to an empty space, where the “gaslight [cannot] reach” (Larson 166) it fully, which evokes the feelings of loneliness and detachment in the reader’s mind. Holmes is never bothered with while working and he often does his work solemnly in the dark, so nobody is able to watch him, allowing

These terrible conditions were a result of monopolists and laissez-faire economics. According to the Clara Lemlich, workers had to work for about 11 hours, and they were only paid $6 a week for this hard labor. They worked in squalid conditions by gaslight instead of natural daylight. (Life in the Shop) Based on today’s standards, people were forced to work long hard hours for next to no money. After the workers finished working for the day, they had to walk home on sidewalks that were full of holes

I choose to look on at the La loge by Renoir. This piece was first shown as a component of the main Impressionist Exhibition in 1874. 'La Loge' means 'The Opera Box', a prominent subject among the more ground breaking craftsmen of the time (different illustrations incorporate those by the craftsman Mary Cassatt). The musical drama house appeared to encapsulate every one of the differentiations and disarray of Parisian culture at the time. While it was the place for the well off to see and be seen

In the Romantic period a war and a battle took place, the era learned ways to spice up production, the play “Faust” was created, and there were connections between the time period and the play itself. The first war that took place was the French Revolution. The French Revolution began in 1789 and lasted until 1799. There were three estates in France but one of the estates was not being treated fairly so they decided to rebel. Finally, a Constitution was made and everyone was happy. The battle of

Cultural Impact of Sherlock Holmes When someone mentions the occupation of detective, a single image usually comes to mind, a man wearing a cape and deerstalker, holding a magnifying glass and smoking a pipe. This entire image can be contributed to one character: Sherlock Holmes. Holmes is considered by many to be the greatest detective to ever exist, even if he only exists in the pages of books and on movie and television screens. It is impossible to escape the influence of Holmes. Countless

link it with warmth, making them feel a similar emotion to Holmes. Later, with the purpose of expressing Holmes’ proneness to psychoticness, Larson writes of a simile comparing the office Holmes built for himself to the “corner of a room where the gaslight could not reach. (266)” This dark alliance makes the reader think of emptiness, linked with loneliness. A trait of a psychopath is detachment and dissociation, and the fact that Holmes has no issue working on his own in an empty, dim place highlights

greenish gloom.” The policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force. Subsequently, is exactly what Mr. Kurtz represents in the trade and discovery of ivory which leads him to go crazy. Using fear and the gaslight method on the “savages” Mr. Kurtz completes the task of controlling and gaining influence over the native people. Much like slaves in the United States reacted the same way as the savages wish to keep Mr. Kurtz as he was in his last days. Prior to

Name of structure The famous structure I have selected is the Eiffel tower, named after and built by an engineer Gustave Eiffel who was French. Location The Eiffel tower was oriented/built on the end of the champ de Mars near the Seine river on the left in the seventh arrondissement of Paris, France. The address of the Eiffel tower is Champ de Mars, 5 Avenue Anatole France, 75007 Paris, France. Exact height Many people, tourists and communities are amused by the fact the height of the Eiffel tower