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I’m still a big fan of Phantom of the Opera, that hasn’t changed. What has changed is it’s been at least twelve years since I wrote the other posts on this site. I have several hobbies, including Phantom, that I sort of rotate between. Therefore, I’m not always focusing on Phantom, rather returning to it …
This post is in several parts and is long. So, get yourself a cup of your favorite beverage and settle in. I. First, What Erik Actually Looks Like II. What Could Account For This Group of Symptoms? A. His Face 1. Lack of Nose 2. His Lips, or Lack Thereof B. Skeletal Thinness 1. Low …
The Phantom Of The Opera is said to be a story of love and horror. However, one can also see it as a story of a young woman’s sexual journey from child to adult. That woman of course is Christine, who at times seems to be quite naive, and at others quite grown up. When …
I received an e-mail from a reader who pointed out that I had not yet posted my comparison of the translations. Oops! So, I took some time and formally wrote up my thoughts on the matter. The first chart below gives an overall view of the translations, while the second chart compares some passages side …
We’ll probably never know the true answer to this question. However, there are some reasons I can think of that he would have done so. 1. He was writing fiction and didn’t care that much. The narrator of the story insists that the events actually happened. Therefore, the story is supposed to be a “journalistic” …
I. What is an “unreliable narrator”? II. The Persian’s Timeline III. The Persian’s View of Erik I. What is an “unreliable narrator”? Before can answer the question as to whether the Persian is or is not reliable, I need to have a working definition of a reliable narrator. An unreliable narrator is a narrator, whether …
The story starts with the farewell gala and continues through the Persian reporting that Erik is dead. Some dates are given, some are not. Others can be determined based on clues like ‘a few days later’, ‘the next day’, etc. Through a thorough reading of the story, consultation with a calendar, and even some counting …
An idea occurred to me several months ago, to determine once and for all the date that the story takes place. I knew that other people had tried to figure it out, but I couldn’t find a run down of the passages they had examined and how they had come to the conclusions they had. …