The Premature Burial

Mr. Mazzo showed us many artifacts in class. We learned about Vikings and the life of Leif Ericson, a Viking explorer who found North America (Newfoundland). I learned more about Viking life than I didn’t know about. The first artifact is the Gjermundbu Helmet. The helmet was made of iron to protect heads in fights. It had oculars that protected their eyes and a nasal that protected the nose, and a spike on top was to show fierce to the opponents. This type of helmet was the early form/model of…

For my first performance response, I saw Anything Goes at the Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre in Fort Myers, FL on February 17th, 2017. At this dinner theatre, Will Prapher produces and owns the theatre. With his compony titled Prapher Entertainment, Prapher produces such productions in Florida as well as Pennsylvania. This production was a comedy and a love story all in one. Billy, the protagonist, loved Hope, who was engaged to Evelyn. All the characters interact on a cruise ship that was going…

A journey to Georgia Today Gravesend is perhaps best known as the final resting place of Pocahontus and as the site of the London River House, the port authority for the city of London. In 1732 Gravesend, 15 miles east of London on the Thames River, was one of several unrelated port cities that served the capital of England. It was from Gravesend that 114 men, women and children along with James Oglethorpe, pastor Henry Herbert, Doctor William Cox, Captain John Thomas and a crew of 20 set sail…

In 1968, Urn Burial was published by Sir Thomas Browne. Browne began writing Hydriotaphia after the amazing discovery of these urns in Norfolk. This discovery led Browne to break apart his curiosity of these urns, and created a sensational conversation about the value of antique items being buried with the departed individual in numerous civilizations. Sir Browne was a man extremely knowledgeable in diverse fields such as medicine, religion, science, and had a very deep curiosity to the natural…

Premature Ventricular Contractions (Pvcs) Overview- Premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) are abnormal, extra heart-rates that initiate in ventricles, one of your heart's two lower pumping chambers. These additional pulsates disturb your normal heart musicality, in some cases making you feel a flip-flop or skipped beat in your chest. Premature ventricular contractions are extremely normal, mainly it occurs in most of the people at some time. If you are infected by ventricular constrictions,…

Madam C.I. Walker Imagine waking up one morning and being an African American woman with natural hair. You walk into your bathroom and notice that all of your hair products are empty and that you need to restock. You then grab your keys and head for the nearest Sally Beauty Salon to pick up all of your hair products. The door opens and you are walking down the aisle to find your hair products, but all the products are gone that are designed for your hair. Luckily, that is where Madam C.J.…

Restoration and the 18th century began in 1660 and lasted until 1798. Though this period is short compared to most eras, it has had a huge impact on present day America. However, before the Restoration Period the theatres were closed in 1642. Playwrights such as John Gay began executing the use of satire as well as actor David Garrick changing the way actors performed. Restoration was a giant leap in the right direction for drama; it challenged the traditional views and poured the foundation…

emphasis on the darker side of human nature and the dark, twisted parts of the world. Edgar Allan Poe fosters a sense of dread which is synthesized with repetition such as that found in “The Raven” as well as the intense diction found in “The Premature Burial” in order to convey the idea that fear deteriorates a person’s mental sanity as time goes on. As seen…

Edgar Allan Poe Final Paper After reading four selections from Edgar Allan Poe, “The Masque of the Red Death”, “The Fall of the House of Usher”, “The Cask of Amontillado”, and “The Premature Burial”, they all have a common theme of foreshadowing Death. Along with sharing a common theme, they also share similar settings, mood, and typically include isolation. In Poe’s writings the settings are always very dark and dreary. Poe describes them in a particular way to foreshadow death. In the…

Edgar Allan Poe is often referred as the father of Gothic and horror stories. He has wrote many works of mysterious characters and very bizarre plots lines. Of all his morbid works, they all have a commonality in setting, characters, and Gothic elements in The Fall of the House of Usher, The Tell-Tale Heart, and The Masque of the Red Death. Moreover, Poe has written work with similarities in settings. They all compose of a dark, mysterious atmosphere usually during the night and consisting of…