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In the Brothers Grimm story, "The Juniper Tree", a man and his beautiful wife struggled to conceive a baby, even though they longed for one. While the wife was peeling an apple under a tree during the winter, she accidentally cut her finger and the blood dripped onto the snow. Nine months later, the wife died while giving birth to a boy as white as snow and as red as the blood, just like she had hoped when she cut her finger all those months prior. Eventually, the man remarried and had a baby…

overcome pain. At the beginning of Act II, Jed and Shirley engage in a banter regarding different flowers. Jed goes on to explain that roses do not “flower until May” (48), “anemones bloom in March” (49), and “apple blossoms” (48) are the “first tree of spring to” (48) flower displaying his vast knowledge of plants. In this moment, Shirley makes an effort to show Jed that matching a flower to her persona is “very important” (49). By wanting the perfect flower to mirror her own image of…

through the woods for fifteen minutes and then finally made it to a field. You could see everything from there. We could see farms and houses and even the city! We moved on and trudged through more woods until we got to an apple tree. We all threw bad apples at the tree and tried to make…

Cayuta, N.Y. (WENY) -- This winter's unseasonably warm weather is creating a change for maple syrup producers. The shift in temperatures has many farmers unsure of when or how long their tapping season will last. Even though many syrup producers begin to tap their trees in mid-February to mid-March, this season's unpredictable weather have put maple producers in a sticky situation. "The weather this year has us kind of scrambling. With some of the recent storms, and a lot of wind, we've…

Emperor. Each chapter is historically significant because each can be used as a lens for understanding what occurred after the reign of Charlemagne. Einhard states that the war with Saxony was the most gruesome, persistent and bitter war the Franks fought. The Franks were in a 33 yearlong battle beginning in 772 with the Saxons who had no regard for human or divine rules. Saxons were devil worshippers and were hostile to any form of Christianity. Einhard says that the war could easily have ended…

Charles the Great, also known as Charlemagne, ruled between the years of 768 and 814 CE. Einhard, a friend of Charlemagne, considers him the greatest king of the middle ages. Still, what characteristics does Einhard consider great, and how are those traits manifested in Charlemagne? Using Einhard’s work, The Life of Charlemagne, we can gleam insight into what made Charlemagne so great, as well as what is the mark of a great medieval king. Einhard, documents how Charlemagne was a great general, a…

a huge conqueror of countries that surrounded the Frankish Kingdom. I think that Einhard makes all the conquests important because it shows how big the Frankish Kingdom was in the grand scheme of the western world. Einhard uses the quote, “Have a Frank as a friend, not a neighbor.” I think that he uses this quote to show how strong the Frankish…

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to go to France? Try all the delicious foods see all the amazing sights. I’m going to tell you all about it. First I’m going to tell you about the geography of France. France is the largest country in western Europe. It is made up of high mountain ranges that separate it from Spain, Italy, and Switzerland. And it’s a large flat plain with several rivers. The rivers were mostly navigable (maneuverable or crossable) and they are also wide and deep…

Charlemagne, known as Charles the Great or King of the Franks, was a strong leader who united Western Europe through his military power. His major goals or achievements were the Carolingian Empire, Saxons War, and establishing centralized imperial rule. I consider that Charlemagne is a good leader and will go down in history. The first of Charlemagne’s accomplishments was the Carolingian Empire. Charles the Great ruled after his father Charles Martel. Charlemagne built a court and capital at…

The book Two Lives of Charlemagne contains two different biographies of Charles the great or “Charlemagne”, who was king of Franks from 771-814 A.D. The first biography is titled “The Life Of Charlemagne” and is written by Einhard. The second biography is titled “Charlemagne” and is authored by Notker the Stammerer. Both biographies of Charlemagne are classical medieval literature, but they differ in their points of view and focus. Einhard mostly talked about the actual life of Charlemagne,…