“A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens was published on December 19th, 1843. The story is about a repugnant man named Ebenezer Scrooge, who is taken through trials and learns many lessons throughout the story by three ghosts. At the beginning of the story, Scrooge was described as “a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, oldContinue reading “Sequestered Scrooge”
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The Evil Beyond the Sea
The poems, “The Daemon-lover” and “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, present several parallels and a few notable differences. In “The Daemon-lover,” a woman, who was a wife and a mother, leaves her family to fill her desires with a new man. She was deluded, the man turned into the devilContinue reading “The Evil Beyond the Sea”
A Beautiful Dark Creation
At first glance, James Ward’s painting Gordale Scar seems consumed by tall limestone cliffs, but with a closer examination of the title, the paintings subtitle, and the painting itself, the painting comes to life. The rolling clouds of thunder above the cliffs and the animals grazing among the base of the cliffs give the paintingContinue reading “A Beautiful Dark Creation”
My First Blog Post
Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.
Introduce Yourself (Example Post)
This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right. You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click theContinue reading “Introduce Yourself (Example Post)”