The Baron in the Trees

and its residing landscape. “I looked upon the scene before me-upon the mere house, and simple landscape features of the domain-upon the bleak walls-upon the vacant eye-like windows-upon a few rank sedges-and upon a few white trunks of decayed trees-with an utter depression of soul which I can compare to no earthly sensation more properly than to the after-dream of the reveller upon opium-the bitter lapse into every-day life-the hideous dropping of the veil.” (Poe. 1987: 231). The professor

Heart Trouble at the Train Station Chaeme Vogue Details are what the world is made of, think of the oceans, composed by tiny drops of water. Never underestimate the power of place and image, even when limited. While both “Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin, and “Hills like White Elephants”, by Ernest Hemingway have different settings, both effectively use setting to reveal character and acts as a symbol within the story. The stories are of two females, Louis Mallard for Hour, in her two-story house

people travel for miles to participate in Mardi Gras in New Orleans. The celebration is in remembrance of the Canadian French men who brought home traditions of wearing masks to parties. Mardi Gras does not get celebrated without a person masked as Baron, who is the guardian of the cemetery in Voodoo practice. Throughout the Caribbean in large cities, and small towns everyone looks forward to Carnival time. During Carnival individuals are masked and the celebrations belong to various Saints, which

Writing Rediscovered Most of us never think about the technology we use when writing, whether we are jotting down our “To Do” lists or pulling out a pencil for an exam, we do it without much thought. Walter Ong tells us “Although we take writing so much for granted as to forget that it is a technology, writing is in a way the most drastic of the three technologies of the word (321). I believe that many of us would agree that although we may not consider writing to be a drastic technology

In 1853, Napoleon III appointed Baron Georges-Eugene Haussmann to design the reconstruction of Paris (Jordan 25). The goal was to transform the ancient city of narrow streets and medieval spaces in to a modern European capital city (Jordan 25). Haussmann built eighty-five miles of new

bedside because of death and kidnapping threats he and his family received. These threats were mainly due to the fact that a substantial amount of Americans viewed Mr. Rockefeller as a Robber Baron, or someone who is evil, greedy, corrupt, and exploits workers to become extremely wealthy. The term “Robber Baron” coincides with a greedy, poor, and progressive time in American history that took place after the Civil War and the Reconstruction. It was the Gilded Age (Chernow 226-227, Deane, and O’Donnell)

The protagonist Nora is developed throughout the play from an ignorant child to a strong willed “man” on a quest for knowledge. In the play Nora goes from her father’s home to her husband’s home. Nora’s childhood is filled with toys and Christmas trees during the winter season.

tried in Manor courts. Manor courts were held like a village meeting, that the villagers were forced to attend. A lot of the disputes in the manor court dealt with farming and property along with smaller crimes like assault and public drunkenness. Barons and knights would offer justice through their oaths or through ordeals. The different ordeals that were encountered by those in question were Ordeal by Fire, Ordeal by Water, and Ordeal by Combat. The accused had to pick up a red hot iron bar and

situated in the valley, it became a natural hazard. Extensive damage was inflicted upon the properties in the village, and human life was put to risk, although thankfully none was lost. A bakery owner spoke of his losses: "There's bits of trees and wood and God knows what in here that doesn't belong. The walls are gone, the bread rack is smashed to pieces, there are electric wires everywhere…". It could be said that the paved surfaces of the village's streets added to the surface

world while it inevitably left the China and the Eastern World behind. It is generally determined that the discoverers of gunpowder were the Chinese. As early as in the T'ang dynasty (AD 618-906) there seem to have existed what were called "fire trees" and "silver