Phantom Of The Opera Research Paper

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The Phantom of the Opera, is one of the most popular gothic, play, story, and movie. This story takes the reader through a wondrous gothic journey, in the Paris Opera House. To understand the story, the characters must be introduced. The phantom is commonly mentioned in the story. He is Erik. All though Erik is the phantom, he has secret qualities to him. There is a young Swedish Singer who is a crucial part of this story. She sings soprano style music, and in this story she is known as Christine. Christine is not just a boring opera singer however, the phantom, or Erik, is secretly in love with Christine, which creates an interesting subplot in the story. Also there is Raoul, who was a childhood friend of Christine, she also had a romantic …show more content…

In this performance Christine does extremely well and many people are impressed. At this time many things are going on. The first is the childhood friend of Christine hears the singers of hers, and then memories of his love for her came back to him. The second event at that time was, one of the young dancers were shouting the ghost is real, and this spread rumors about that very subject. It is also rumored that the managers know about this phantom because he sends letters to them, and this is how Erik was able to establish his identity. The Phantom is also known to perform acts of high malevolence. A short while after the performance of Christine, there is another performance of Faust, and in that performance, Carlotta, is cast as the lead. This upsets the Phantom, as he is in love with Christine, and he wants her to cast as the lead in the play. In this play, the phantom does something very bad, during the performance, he makes a giant grand chandelier fall on top of head, and, as anyone can guess, it kills her, it squashes her like a little …show more content…

Raoul plans to pull through the next day, but having a big heart, Christine feels bad and has an amount of pity for Erik. Christine says she will only leave after she has sang one last time for Erik. Erik hears all of this and he is filled with jealousy. The next night Erik kidnaps Christine again, and tries to force Christine to marry him, and if she declines, he will use bombs to destroy the whole house of Opera. Christine keeps saying no to the offer of marriage, until she finds out that the phantom has Raoul is a torture chamber. Christine puts the other people above her and she agrees to marry Erik. Erik tries to kill Raoul but Christine pleads with him not to do so. Erik rescues Raoul from the chamber, and after that he takes off his mask, and kisses Christine into marriage. Erik shows Christine he has never been shown affection before in his

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