Mount Auburn Cemetery Essays

“...Insane persons confined within this Commonwealth, in cages, closets, cellars, stalls, pens! Chained, naked, beaten with rods, and lashed into obedience.” These words were spoken in front of the General Court of Massachusetts by Joseph S. Dodd in January of 1843. Dodd spoke for Dorothea Dix, since women were not allowed to present cases to the Court. Dorothea Dix was a reformer in the 19th century, and went to extreme measures to take a stand for the mentally ill. She took a stand in history,

Poetry has always been a large factor in American culture, spanning many different styles and types of poets. From Emily Dickinson’s lyric poems that describe abstract concepts to Maya Angelou’s poems that portray struggle and other complex themes, American poetry is unique and timeless. Arguably one of the most significant and well-respected American poets of the twentieth century is Elizabeth Bishop. Some of her most well-known poems include In the Waiting Room, First Death in Nova Scotia, and

How seriously do you take the reputation of your family name? If someone hurt that reputation, would you act in any possible way to fix it? In this story, we can see how far a man named Montresor goes to avenge his families stained name. The story is set in the 16th century at a carnival somewhere in Italy. Between two families, there was conflict because one family hurt another in a very bad way. Fortunato has wronged Montresor, but his ignorance leads him to think Montresor is his friend. Edgar

Tuesday, Today was an interesting day. I knew that we was going to a funeral home to work with some clients that just recently lost their loved one to a tragic murder in the Killeen, Texas area, so I was mentally prepared. When I walked through the glass doors of Grace Christian Center I said hello to everyone that I passed as I made my way back to my seat in the back of the hallway in the Adult Ministry. As soon as I sat down and started going through my e-mail I remembered that I had to write

King demonstrates the results of human error in his novel titled IT. This book is about a small town in Maine that is terrorized by an unknown being that murders hundreds of children through the centuries of time. IT, or better known as Pennywise the Clown, lurks in the sewers below the town and is able to shapeshift into anything that it knows a particular child is scared of. Pennywise will also lure children in by offering them balloons, and acting like a regular clown; adults, however, cannot

the death of their peers by using what they had and what they knew. At Hobcaw Barony plantation in Georgetown County, South Carolina slaves used basic objects to help with grave-marking. In Mama Day by Gloria Naylor the people on this island had a cemetery full of dead relatives and their old traditions go so far back in time that it

The name of the cemetery I visited is called Green Lawn Cemetery & Mausoleum, Roswell, Georgia. The Green Lawn Cemetery & Mausoleum is a place that keeps the remains of dead or deceased people. This cemetery is under a group called Dignity Memorial and it also provides a funeral home where people can hold a memorial services for their deceased loved ones. Some of the funerary rituals that are carried out in this cemetery are burial ceremonies and cremation of the body. This cemetery also allows people

The story of The Catcher in The Rye explains Holden Caulfield's journey to discover his purpose in life. Throughout the novel, he travels around New York, interacting with several people. But not only people, but symbols help Holden to understand how the world works, from a Red Hat to a Childhood museum, these symbols dictate his feelings towards the outside world and people around him. Innocence and permanence are staples of the story, and Salinger's use of a Hat, Childhood Museums,ducks, and a

The Purpose of Stonehenge Stonehenge, a collection of monoliths in England, has been around since 1600 B.C. (“Stonehenge”). The ruins are composed of almost 100 chunks of sandstone and bluestone (“Stonehenge”). A number of the larger stones were made into “iconic three-pieced structures call trilithons” (“Stonehenge”) that many still recognize today. Many are mystified by this monument, wondering who developed it and how, and what its purpose could’ve possibly been. This unsolved riddle has spawned

A slow and painful death could have been avoided, if only the clues had been seen by the victim. As Montresor and Fortunato continue to make their way through the catacombs under Montresor 's house foreshadowing is built. Fortunato’s death is foreshadowed in the story when they drink wine in the cellar, when they talk about being masons, and when they get to the interior crypt. The different clues to the future show a lot throughout the short story, though much of it appears during their time drinking

pirates in and out of this area from years ago) is where I shall meet my experience tour guide and others who are ready to stroll the streets taken for funeral processions to the old gravesites where they buried the dead at the ancient St. Louis Cemetery No.1. I’ve read the tales about the legendary Queen of Voodoo, Marie Laveau, so to be right there where she lived and worked her magic is going to be a great thrilling adventure. I know, I will be hearing stories about her that you just can’t read

In the article Disease and Death at Dr. Dickson’s Mounds, Alan H. Goodman and George J. Armelagos discuss the power of burial grounds. 200 of 3,000 estimated burials were uncovered and identified by a team of (University of Chicago) archeologists, all of which were identified as a number of settlement sites in a 100-square-mile area (in west-central Illinois). The mounds had gone somewhat unnoticed since the mid nineteenth century. It wasn’t until after, chiropractor, Don Dickson, started to take

Sarah the Sunflower Seed   1 “Who’s that looking up at me? The farmer’s daughter is who I see.”   2 Far below Sarah Sunflower Seed, a little girl looks up smiling. She had planted the bed of sunflowers months ago with seeds her grandmother had given her. She had watered and weeded them all summer long and was delighted that she now had a row of very tall flowers to be proud of.   3 “What is flying by my face? A purple finch that glides with grace"   4 Sarah Sunflower Seed was one of hundreds

Edgar Allan Poe was an American author and editor, who was best known for his works in Gothic literature. Most of Poe’s stories deal with the theme of horror, as was reflected in Poe’s life as it was full of tragedy involving the loss of many of his beloved wives and mothers. The following stories are amongst Poe’s most celebrated stories; The Tell Tale Heart - a short story told by an unreliable narrator who persuades the readers of his sanity, while telling of a murder he committed. The Masque

There is a combination of colour and black and white images which feature rapidly throughout the film (Hersey, 2002). The colour images which represent a perfectly normal and happier environment rapidly move to black and white, which is usually associated to threating events, highlighting the bleakness of the expected outcome of the scene (lburgess3, 2013 and Natural Born Killers, 1994). There is animalistic reference with the rattle snake symbolising poison and death and the wolf symbolising the

Welcome everyone to Arlington National Cemetery. I am Anthony Panissidi and i will be your tour guide. I have been touring here for over 10 years and i am yet to find someone who has not thought this is spectacular and amazing. I also have a son who is in the 8th grade and he loved it and when my daughter was in 8th grade, she is now a senior in high school also loved it. So i'm sure you guys would too. This cemetery is one of the most sacred places in the United States. It is also the final resting

The cost to have a loved one cremated after death depends on numerous things such as locale; if the cremation is arranged through a funeral home or a crematory; the deceased's size and weight; handling fees; removing pacemakers and jewelry; if the body is burned in a casket or a cardboard box; and moving or disposing of the ashes. The cost of cremations ranges from $400 to $6,000, with cremations directly from a crematory being considerably less expensive than cremations through a funeral home are

Cold winds blustered through the decaying bars, separating players and fans alike from the verdant green stripes that had been manicured to absolute perfection. Shockingly, the sweet smell of grass was tantalisingly close. Suffocating me, consuming me, the dense crowd had me in its pervasive hold. My father tried to shield me from the adrenaline filled crowd, overcrowding the narrow gate, impatiently waiting to enter. Suddenly, the gates snapped open with the buzz of an alarm, the crowd rushed

Betrayal is defined as, “an act of deliberate disloyalty" (vocabulary.com). In William Faulkner’s book, As I Lay Dying, there is a lot of betrayal between the Bundren family. From, Addie having an affair to most of her family travelling to Jefferson for selfish reasons. The Bundren family is a lying and selfish family. Most of the characters betray Addie specifically in many ways. For example, Anse betrayed her by not even waiting ten minutes after burying her to go and find himself a new wife.

Jason Kosareff agrees as he argues in Source D (Kosareff), “Developers have an eye for the cemetery site and the community of Asian businesses and residents nearby would like to see it gone because they think it brings bad luck.: Historical landmarks, such as graveyards, should not be removed as they are a part of a larger history. Monuments like