Ever since a friend played “Music of the Night” (from the Andrew Lloyd Musical) for me, I’ve been a Phantom of the Opera fan. That was in 1991, 20 years ago. In that time, I’ve seen the Andrew Lloyd Musical two times, seen a showing of Phantom of the Opera at a local dinner theater for my sweet 16 birthday, and read the novel at least a dozen times as well as other novels about Erik.
Erik has guided me on many creative endeavors, like:
- the Spoon River Anthology pastiche (work in the same style as) I did in High School.
- Or the term paper I wrote for my biology degree.
- Or the paper I wrote for my Abnormal Psychology class that same year.
- You’ll find all three of those, and lots more on this site.
With dragnmuse visits PTO, I want to examine many themes from the book. From analyzing the characters, to seeing how Gaston Leroux used writing tricks to pull the reader in, I’m delving deep into the original novel. Right now, it’s undergoing quite a bit of construction…but great Phantom stuff is coming, I promise.