pass array value from controller to view in laravel

i am new to larvel.I tried to pass the variable from controller toview but it did not worked. i am getting an error:

"Whoops, looks like something went wrong."

code used in controller:

public function showWelcome()
{
return View::make('hello', array('theLocation' => 'NYC'));
}

Code in hello.blade.php:

<h1 class="highlight">Blade has arrived in  .</h1>

can you tell me is there any syntax error in the above code and is there any possibility of debugging the error??

via Pullata Praveen