Author Archives: Courtney Powell

Many people are familiar with Charles Dickens’s novel, “A Christmas Carol.” A tale about a man who hates company and ironically gets visited by three spirits who try to change him from his ways. As stated by Dickens’s novel, Scrooge is a man that, “ No beggars implored him to bestow a trifle, no childrenContinue reading “Loners Get Lonely Too”

In Mary Shelley’s novel, “Frankenstein”, Shelley uses numerous other literary works to form and bring support to her fiction story. One of the works that Shelley includes in Frankenstein is Samuel L. Coleridge’s, “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”. This literary work is used rather frequently when comparing her novel’s characters to those in theContinue reading “A Tale That Never Stops Telling”

One glance at this artwork called The Nightmare and one can notice several things going on. For example, the ghostly horse in the right corner, or the stalkerish demon looking over the sleeping woman in white. What did the painter, Henry Fuseli want the demon and the horse symbolize and why are they creepily watchingContinue reading “Haunted”

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.

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)”