The Phantom of the Opera is a book was wrote by Jennifer Bassett. In this books, the phantom likes a ghost. Someone says that he is a body without a head, or a head without a body. He lives in the Opera House, and everyone is very afraid of him. They think he is a ghost in the begining of the story, but finally Christine who is loved by the phantom found he is a human. He is a tall man in a long dark coat and a black hat. He always wears a mask, because of his ugly face. The phantom, Eric, is the music angel of Christine when she was a little girl. He teaches her how to sing songs very well. Eric loves Christine very much, but she does not love him anymore. There are many reasons why Christine does not love Eric anymore.
The first reason is Eric's terrible appearance. Before Christine sees his face, she thinks he is her music angel with a beautiful voice. One day, Eric appears with a mask and brings Christine to his house, in a beautiful room. He says that no woman could ever love him, because of his face. He is very sad. Then he takes off his mask, and Christine see his face. He has the face of a dead man, but he is not dead. He has no noses, just two black holes for eyes in his yellow face. And sometimes, his eyes are black holes, sometimes they have a terrible red light. Although Eric knows Christine will not love him, he
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She loves Raoul in Brittany, four years ago, and Raoul loves her, too. They love and miss each other for four years. Now they finally meet each other, and Raoul wants Christine to marry him. However, Christine is very afraid of Eric. If she gets marry with Raoul, Eric will kill him. Christine wants to save Raoul's life, so she kisses Eric and promises to marry him. This kiss makes Eric touch because no one wants to kiss him, and even his mother, so he decides to let Christine go. Thus, Christine and Raoul love each other very much. It is the reason why Christine does not love
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton is designed to be read like a fairytale. The novel contains many archetypes of a classic fairytale. These archetypes are brought to life in Starkfield, Massachusetts by the three main characters: Mattie Silver, Ethan Frome, and Zeena Frome. They can be compared to the archetypes of the silvery maiden, the honest woodcutter, and the witch. These comparisons allow the reader to notice similarities between Edith Wharton’s Ethan Frome and the classic fairytale Snow White. The character Zeena Frome from Edith Wharton’s novel, Ethan Frome, resembles the evil witch from the fairy tale Snow White.
In the novel, My Antonia, by Willa Cather, society seems to govern the lives of many people. But for the others, who see past society's stereotypical values, had enough strength to overcome this and allowed them to achieve their dreams. Throughout the book, everyone seems to be trying to pursue the American Dream. While they all have different ideas of just exactly what the American Dream is, they all know precisely what they want. For some, the American Dream sounds so enticing that they have traveled across the world to achieve their goal.
Edith Wharton's Ethan Frome is vividly real to its readers, its issues continually relevant to society, but through its structure and moral lessons, it is intended to be read as a 'fairy tale'.
In the story “The Princess Bride” we read of action and adventure, and if you have watched the movie you have a very romantic view of the tale. Before I read the book that was my view, which after reading the book, I found to be incomplete. Fortunately, I have read the book and my view of this adventure has changed from a less romantic one to a more realist thought. I believe that what William Goldman was trying to tell us, in his book version of the story, is that life is made up of reality, sprinkled with what I would call romanticism of the realist. What I mean by this is that even realists must have a desire to believe in “Twoo wuv.” In the end what we find is that even though we have our romantic notions, life happens and life is what is real. What this book provides is the realities of life and how life is not fair, wrapped inside a tale of adventure.
Erick didn’t need a friend like him.” (Gilb 2) Erick found himself without any friends and without a father. Erick’s mother is the only family he has left and having her going out with men and feeling somewhat ashamed of him leaves him feeling abandoned. Now Erick is left in a foreign country with no father figure but his mom’s numerous dates. Getting used to something like this isn’t easy but his mother finally meets this engineer that Erick decides to finally accept in his life. Erick isn't a very social person and even though he uses his accent as an excuse there’s more to it. So when they eventually get invited to the engineer’s house and Erick sees the full view of the house with the two horses and a stable, a swimming pool and two convertibles in his driveway, he almost feels intimidated. While sitting around the dinner table, everyone around him is talking and trying to make conversation while Erick isolated himself and “was silent, chewing quietly, taking the smallest bites, because he didn’t want them to think he liked their food”(Gilb 3). However When his mom got fired, her and the engineer separated. Erick would’ve brushed it off and acted like her did with everyone else that came in and out of his mother’s life if it was for what he told
Memories are a stockpile of good and bad experiences that are retained of a people, places. How do you remember your childhood memories? Do certain people, places or things trigger these memories to the past? Does the knowledge of these experience still affect your life today? Throughout the novel My Antonia, Jim's nostalgia for the past is represented by nature, symbolic elements, and above all Antonia.
The sacrifice Eric made for Christianity was very big for him as he had to miss a vital heat. Harold on the other hand was much more focused on running than
Franco Zeffirelli portrayed a more effective version of the famous to be or not be soliloquy by having it set below in the family mortuary. Having violently rejected Ophelia, Hamlet climbs down the stoned stairs of the medieval castle and into the cellar where all his ancestors’ burial tombs lie, including his father’s. Surrounding himself in tombs and skeletons, he intones the to be or not to be speech in isolation and darkness. Having this particular set design, Zeffirelli enhanced the scene by creating a cold, dark, and suspenseful atmosphere. The family mortuary set design was eerie and melancholic which added realism into the speech as it allowed the audience to really see the manifestation of death that Hamlet contemplated. It also added physical emotion into the soliloquy as the scene contrasted death and Hamlet so closely with all the dead royals in their tombs, showing how deep Hamlet’s thoughts on life and death were rooted in his mind. Therefore, Zeffirelli’s use of the set design helped to create a more intense scene that enriched the soliloquy.
The first connection is acting like a person you are not. In the novel, Laurie acts really sincere and kind. She is the absolute last person you would expect to manipulate a person into murdering others. However, due to being a sociopath, she does not feel typical feelings or show any of her thoughts. This hiding can make the sociopath seem like a typical person, but when a person rips off the mask he or she is hiding under, a dangerous side is to be revealed. A time that I had to act like a person that I was not occurred a few summers ago. I was in a wedding and had to shed the sweatpants and sweatshirt for a fancy dress. Also, I had to sit at the head table and act very ladylike. In addition, I had to have as good of manners as a grown adult. I had to pretend to be someone I was not and this was very challenging for me. The whole night I felt like I did not belong in my own skin and was just wishing for it to be the time when I could go back to my old self. Another connection I made while reading my novel is having to move on. Immediately after being cleared of his murder charges and arriving home, Eric starts cleaning up his house. The novel states, “Eric wants to put it all behind him, and there was not time like the present” (Scottoline 406). This quote proves the he knows that if he were to put these things off and do them later, they may never get done and trigger terrible memories of the events that
One key conflict and resolution from Phantom of the Opera would be the ending, the conflict being him keeping her down in the sub-level of the opera house and the resolution would be the Phantom dying.
The American Revolution left a groundbreaking influence on modern culture. Artists attempt to capture principles of the war with plays, stories, and movies. However, one of the most notable and recent adaptations, is the play Hamilton: An American Musical. Lin-Manuel Miranda, the writer and actor of Hamilton himself, utilizes play structure and creative techniques to reflect on the characteristic state of resilience, which was fundamental in terms of American success. Throughout the play, the importance of resilience is shown through innovation, reclamation, and morality. Innovation allowed the American colonists to spark creativity in terms of invention. Reclamation was vital for the colonists’ driving passion for success, as most of their
In Greek, Desdemona means ‘the unfortunate’, perhaps reflecting an ideology that she is not meant to be liked, merely pitied for her misfortune as a tragic victim (commonly defined as someone who dies due to the faults of others). Throughout Othello, Desdemona is presented as pure and innocent – in regards to this, Auden’s comment is unusual as Desdemona is seldom criticised; indeed many critics are complementary, giving her titles such as ‘gentle Desdemona’.
I am spending the day with someone i never thought i would. William Shakespeare ! He started talking about his childhood and how he started writing plays. He was born in a small village named Stratford-upon-Avon. His dad was a glove maker which means they were not rich. He did not go to a private school and dropped out of school. Which shocked me a bit because his playes are so literate. You would think that since he didn't get the “proper” education he would not be as smart as he is. At eighteen he married a beautiful woman named Anne Hathaway. They had three children together. Anne asked me to stay for dinner and i did. We continued to talk and laugh over dinner
The Phantom of the Opera centers on the Paris Opera House which has over time become the Phantom’s domain. Upon the news that the opera house has been bought and is under new ownership, the Phantom demands that the new owners honor the “agreement” he has established with the previous owners and that the fifth opera box is kept empty for his use and that his salary of 20,000 francs per month is honored. The Phantom also demands that Christine, whom he has secretly been giving singing lessons to, replace Carlotta Giudicelli, the opera company’s prima donna. He also warns that if his demands are not met, that the opera house and the opera company will need to pay the consequences. Though the origins of the Phantom are unknown to the general population of the opera house, Madame Giry knows more about the Phantom than she lets on. It is later discovered that Madame Giry helped the Phantom escape a life of abuse from a freak show and that she hid him at the opera house where she was studying ballet. It was during Christine’s and the Phantom’s singing lessons that he began to fall in love with her and came to be obsessed and protective of her. The return of Christine’s first love, Raoul, threatens to tear Christine an...
William Shakespeare's, Twelfth Night has many themes, but appearance vs. reality is the theme that illustrates a different picture from two perspectives, there are many characters behind their masks and disguises. Some are hiding love behind these disguises and some are trying to show their love through a different disguise. They both still being servants are using disguise differently. Malvolio, servant of Olivia, falls in love with the trap (the letter) thinking his lady likes him, and to show his love he uses a different appearance to express it. Viola, servant of Orsino, falls in love with him, but secretly, not wanting to express her love for him, because of her disguise as her barrier for that case. Viola/Ceasario is wearing a disguise and secretly loves Orsino. Malvolio, on the other hand, is also a servant but still changes his appearance to express love for the great lady Olivia. This essay will prove that disguises and appearances are symbolic of the characters named Viola and Malvolio and are differently used for both.