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Reginald is still obsessed with alchemy and magic, the stranger’s secret. He brings Hector in while he is working on this all behind Marguerite’s back, of course. Hector sees what is going on, but has been sworn to secrecy, (not telling the family) but he falls in love and eventually tells his girlfriend after sheContinue reading “Allegiance and Alchemy”

St. Leon decides to take the stranger in, mainly because he is tempted by what the stranger will give him. He says “I considered my honor as pledged for the protection of the man…” but his intentions are to find out what the stranger has and knows, which will give him recognition and wealth again.Continue reading “St. Leon and the Stranger”

Percy Busshe Shelly was born into the aristocracy, his father being a Whig member of Parliament. His feelings about poetry was that a true poet needed a soothing and calm mind to write. A remark by him “poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world” suggests his awareness of linguistics as a tool for independentContinue reading “Percy Bysshe Shelley and “Ode to the West Wind”

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.