“The Haunted Hospital” written by Miss Cellania gathers the background information at Waverly Sanatorium‚ a hospital that was used to treat patients with tuberculosis in the early 1900’s that resulted in an estimated 64‚000 patients had passed during the operation of Waverly until it had closed in 1961 (Cellania). The article continues discussing the hauntings of the sanatorium such as the underground tunnel and room 502. ‘The Haunted Hospital’ closes with the topic of the new owners of the sanatorium
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My House. Upon entering my house‚ you notice the mismatched brown and blue plaid couches under bare walls. A huge television blocks the only window in the room‚ with an old scratched coffee table groaning under a weeks worth of mail. Guacamole colored shag carpet over powers the cheap Asian rug trying to smother it. The blue and brown couches are as comfortable as reclining on bales of straw covered with course burlap. A pomegranate candle sits on top of the television and is lit every morning to
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The author that I chose to research is Nathaniel Hawthorne. The short story that I found is located in Hawthornes book Twice-Told Tales‚ called The Haunted Mind. Hawthorne’s short story The Haunted Mind Closely relates to things that we have covered in class. The two main connections between The Birth Mark‚ The Artist of the Beautiful‚ and The Haunted Mind are transcendency and acceptance of imperfections in humanity. In the Birthmark we see these themes in Aylmer’s views on women. He sees women
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opinion on the critical essay “Haunted House/Haunted Heroine: Female Gothic Closets in “The Yellow Wallpaper”” by Carol Margaret Davison Rebecca Olds V00698066 English 125 Y. Levin April 2nd‚ 2009 “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a short story written in the late 1800’s about a woman with post-partum depression who becomes increasingly mad because of society’s‚ as well as her husband’s‚ repression. The critical essay “Haunted House/Haunted Heroine: Female Gothic Closets
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English 111OD 22 January 2012 The Haunted Vase Most people wouldn’t consider a haunted object that scary or even much of a threat‚ let alone a little vase. That would just seem unreal. Can an inanimate object‚ something with no life at all about it be haunted? (Wagner) A paranormal researcher by the name of Stephen Wagner asked a similar question in “The Haunted Painting”. The title of this article clearly states that this story was about a painting. But this story that I’m about to share is
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October 2013 Descriptive Paper The Intoxicated Drunks “Why am I naked? Why my throat is sore and why is there puke all over me? Where am I right now and why am I here?” These are the types of question that an intoxicated person usually find themselves asking after they have been drinking the night prior. Strolling into the after prom party‚ pass midnight; my friends and I enter through these gigantic mahogany doors into a house from the 21st century one that looks like Tony Starks’ house from Iron
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The Haunted Castles of Ireland Ireland has a rich history. There are many legends which have come from both Northern and Southern Ireland. You will read about some of Ireland’s haunted castles after which you can take a trip to this magical land and decide for yourself – are they or are they not haunted? Carrickfergus Castle a Norman castle located in the town of Carrickfergus in County Antrim in Northern Ireland. High on a rocky promontory it was once almost surrounded by the sea. The castle
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“Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ and the Opening of the American West” is a biography of American explorer Meriwether Lewis‚ written by Stephen Ambrose and published in 1996. The biography is supported by historic texts (letters and logs produced by Jefferson‚ Lewis‚ Clark and the Corps of Discovery members – some of which appear in the book) and outlines the trials and triumphs of the Corps of Discovery Expedition (also commonly known as the “Lewis and Clark Expedition” –
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When I was living in the City of Mexico‚ my parents would take me and my little brother to visit my grandparents every weekend. My grandparents lived north of the state of Mexico; it was the town of Atotonilco in the state of Hidalgo. The exact location was miles out of town into a rural area; this area is about at least 90 square miles in total land. What makes my grandparents’ home so important to me is that‚ this land is full with life. There are woods‚ small rocky hills‚ plain fields for cropping
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One place that I will never forget is the ranch my uncle (my grandmother’s brother‚ in Mexican culture we refer to them as uncles) built and owns. It lays on a thousand acres of land‚ just outside Toluca‚ the capital of the state of Mexico. Rancho Feshi‚ which means “singing waterfall”‚ is a trout farm. There are many different deep-water‚ man-made rectangular ponds where thousands of trout are bred for later dining. The ranch is famous for its trout and many people come from all over Mexico either
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