A Visit from St. Nicholas

businessman from Scotland, and Rachel Fawcett Lavien of French Huguenot descent. Rachel Lavien was married to another man, but was legally separated from him. Hamilton was always very sensitive to this fact. He had a sad and difficult childhood. By the age of twelve, Hamilton’s mother had…

waiting for Sigel to discuss their situation with the front desk clerk. “What a small world it is to be able to see someone from Baden, right here in New York City!” The woman spoke loudly with a slight German accent. She looked at Karolina and observed her traveling attire and holding a sleeping child in her arms. Stanislaus was unsuccessfully trying to stop his other child from running through the lobby. Karolina looked at her in surprise and said “Anna?”, “My…

Its a fragile item, although so many are broken everyday. Through the course of words as cold as ice sticking it like the blade of a sword. Its a hurtful life to live as one, a stone cold beating heart. Love is the light to brighten their day but covered by the darkness of hate, only to one day be broken and freed. And my heart is covered of what they call the darkness and can never be freed. No matter how much love it is strucken by. I live a lonely life in England, my cottage only fair for…

The Article, “Hungry Venezuelans Flee in Boats to Escape Economic Collapse” by Nicholas Casey, where he writes about how the economic collapse in Venezuela caused many families to forget all about their life there and how this forced them to flee their land. This can be compared to the time June’s mother Suyuan Woo had to leave China during the height of World War II. It was during those times that the economy was severely affected which forced people to do drastic decisions which they normally…

Undoubtedly, “The Second Shepherd’s Play” in the same manner as a variety of plays or poems concerning the Middle Ages, is one to focus its attention on Cristian beliefs and its fundamental teachings. Observed by many as a mystery play, the play follows three shepherds and two additional characters and furthermore adds a delightful twist to conclude the message encoded. Nonetheless, such as other literary works of the era, “The Second Shepherd’s Play” stablishes its motifs and internal…

‘Performances mark identities, bend time, reshape and adorn the body, and tell stories’ – Richard Schechner, Performance Studies: An Introduction. Human life is drenched nowadays with ritual and traditions and Christmas Day comes under that very heavily, it is a greatly celebrated event, especially in our Western society. Naturally, we will adopt restored behaviour and focus into our ‘second reality’. Schechner’s ‘Performance Studies: An Introduction’ gives an insight to the various concepts…

From 1910 to 1940 the outburst of creativity among African-Americans occurred in every aspect of art. This cultural movement was termed The New Negro Movement, and later The Harlem Renaissance. Harlem, New York attracted a prosperous and stylish middle class, which sprouted an artistic center. African-Americans were encouraged to celebrate their heritage; The Harlem Renaissance movement was a period of cultural production from the end of World War I through the onset of the Great Depression.…

The other supernatural element is implied as a kind of curse to Manfred’s wife, she cannot have any more children. Due to this fact Manfred wants to divorce her and then to have a son from the woman his son would have married- Isabella. On the instant, another surrealistic event takes him by surprise- “when the moon, which was now up, and gleamed in at the opposite casement, presented to his sight the plumes of the fatal helmet, which…

Organization of Family Life Many people live on and off with us during that time. There were displaced cousins, friends that my parents meet and needed a place to stay for a little while. My closest relative lived about 15-20 mins away from the family. The relatives didn’t move my family did they most moving mostly because of economic challenges. I lived with both parents going up, when I was about 8 my parents got divorced my mom remarried and had a daughter, than divorced and remarried my…

Santa Costanza, an ancient church of Rome, depicts more than a building. Representing an early treasure of Italy, this church illustrates a great masterpiece of architecture. A circular structure outside the walls of ancient Rome, Via Nomentana, was built as a mausoleum for Constantina, daughter of Constantine I (Poetschke 52). The ambulatory is surrounded by a central dome and the building is constructed as a tholos related design. The structure has survived stability in its original form, but…