The Crystal Palace

something else will happen.” “Of course. Do not worry. I will stay,” answered one of the officers. Just as he had answered, a black bird came down and landed on the corpse of the unfortunate guard. As the king, queen, and officer entered the palace, they showed the officer to Gaelan’s room where he could stay until things returned to normal. As the officer settled down, the king and queen told the princess to go to sleep and they would talk to her in the morning. The queen explained to…

Sir Edward Elgar was an English composer born in Broadheath, Worcestershire to “a Worcester piano tuner and music-shopkeeper and his Roman Catholic wife” in 1857 (Kennedy). He learned the violin, piano, and organ at a young age (Kennedy). Beyond his violin lessons he had no formal training. However, he received much “praise as a child for piano improvisations” (McVeagh). After the age of 16, he left his father’s business and was freelance musician for the rest of his life (McVeagh). He took on…

Bruckner’s Symphony no.4 in E flat major – ‘Romantic’, this time without the pianist. The symphony consists of a standard four-movement structure. It is inspired by the nature imagery and knightly tales where the instrumentation very much resembles palace horns, bird songs, and also the mystery of the forests. The first movement, Bewegt, nicht zu schnell, begins with a distant horn call, over the shimmering of strings. The theme then quickly picked up by the woodwinds. One of the favourite…

and the wide road with moving cars. There is no more night, the city is flooded with light. Image 2: An HEB in Austin which my friend and I called it “airport HEB,” because it looks so modern and magnificent as a market. Even though we had the “Crystal Palace” at 1850, in the contemporary society, glass buildings become more and more common in the cities instead of concrete and brick constructions. Also, the huge parking lot in front of the market indicate vehicles becoming the common goods in…

The snaps and cracks of bone dry branches echo through the twisted wood as the young boy attempted to escape from his pursuer. The child darted between the gnarled oaks and continued to sprint for his life. Each of his useless weapons had been abandoned long before this moment, however the boy longed for the slight protecting his father’s dull sword would offer him. The labored breaths of the exhausted child grew louder as the unseen beast drew nearer. He continued to sprint until, in the…

dresses. One of her bridal design, which is called Swarvoski Drapes V-neck dress made in 2004, was inspired by the design term called art deco. It is made from silk tulle and nylon. As the audience can see that this dress was covered with Swarovski crystals represents Dinnigan’s transition from evening to bridal wear. This dressed was made into a close fitting shaped to show the shape of the body with full-length skirt that goes down to the…

Subservience: Dostoevsky’s Response to Suffering In a commentary on Dostoevsky’s Notes from Underground, scholar Lev Shestov noted the novella’s exposure of: “Dostoevsky’s acceptance of a universe of cruelty, pain, and suffering that no ultimate moral perspective can justify,” this view falls short of the full truth of Dostoevsky’s world view however (Shestov 113). Dostoevsky never “accepted” the perspective that cruelty and pain serve as dictates of nature’s underlying principles. Certainly…

International Exhibition of Arts, Manufactures and Products of the Soil and Mine, more simply known as ‘the Centennial,’ opened in Fairmount Park to great fanfare on May 10, 1876, and closed with equal flourish six months later. Modeled after the Crystal Palace Great Exhibition in London in 1851, and the first in a long line of major ‘world’s fairs’ in the United States, the Centennial exhibited national pride and belief in the importance of education and progress through industrial innovation.…

Diving or snorkeling in the crystal-clear water of the Indian Ocean is a fantastic way for a newly-wed couple to enjoy the underwater marine life. You can see a spectacular show put on by colorful fish, mantas, eagle rays, turtles, dolphins and a variety of sharks including the whale…

Big Problem With Big Consequences Speaking on Presidential Palace, Jakatra, Prince Charles of wales, who has been advocating for forest conservation for years said, “ Forests are the world 's air conditioning system-the lungs of our planet and we are in the verge of switching it off”(Charles 14).He illustrates the bitter truth which is well known facts to majority of people yet ignored so badly that the amount of forests spreading around our globe has been deteriorating every year. The rapid…