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Milne, Ira Mark and Sisler, Timothy. Novels for Students: Phantom of the Opera. Detroit: Gale, 2005. |
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Erik Novels for Students: Phantom of the Opera
Ira Mark Milne and Timothy Sisler
Erik's first real job was to build a palace for a shah with hidden passageways, hidden panels, and trap doors. This is when he moves to Paris and builds the opera house in a similar way so he can hide in his "hidden lair" below the opera. |
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Milne, Ira Mark and Sisler, Timothy. Novels for Students: Phantom of the Opera. Detroit: Gale, 2005. |
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Erik Novels for Students: Phantom of the Opera
Ira Mark Milne and Timothy Sisler
Erik's true nature is hidden by a mask that he creates, and this mask is not physical. He creates a persona of a deadly, insane, controlling "Phantom" and hides behind that so nobody knows his real nature, which is revealed in his love for Christine and after she rejects him. |
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Milne, Ira Mark and Sisler, Timothy. Novels for Students: Phantom of the Opera. Detroit: Gale, 2005. |
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Erik Novels for Students: Phantom of the Opera
Ira Mark Milne and Timothy Sisler
After Christine rejects Erik, he breaks down. However, his love for her is so strong that he allows her to be with Raoul instead of keeping her captive with him. This reveals his soft spot and his actual gentle nature. |
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Milne, Ira Mark and Sisler, Timothy. Novels for Students: Phantom of the Opera. Detroit: Gale, 2005. |
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Erik Novels for Students: Phantom of the Opera
Ira Mark Milne and Timothy Sisler
After letting Christine be with Raoul, Erik is so broken from her obvious rejection and preference for another man. He is found dead a short while later, and he is said to have died from a broken heart. |
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Milne, Ira Mark and Sisler, Timothy. Novels for Students: Phantom of the Opera. Detroit: Gale, 2005. |
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The Persian Novels for Students: Phantom of the Opera
Ira Mark Milne and Timothy Sisler
The Persian, a part of the opera house throughout the story, is revealed to have known Erik. He is a "shadowy figure throughout the story", and this concealed truth may also be a mask concealing who the Persian is. Nobody knows him by name. |
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Milne, Ira Mark and Sisler, Timothy. Novels for Students: Phantom of the Opera. Detroit: Gale, 2005. |
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The Persian Novels for Students: Phantom of the Opera
Ira Mark Milne and Timothy Sisler
The Persian knows many of the Phantom's secrets, and knows of his secret underground world, yet keeps them from the managers of the opera. His mysterious demeanor (being his metaphorical, not physical, mask) conceal these truths. |
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Milne, Ira Mark and Sisler, Timothy. Novels for Students: Phantom of the Opera. Detroit: Gale, 2005. |
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appearance Novels for Students: Phantom of the Opera
Ira Mark Milne and Timothy Sisler
Erik's mask: "when he is wearing his mask, Christine can believe that he is a poor, misunderstood man who has just not been given the attention he deserves". |
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Milne, Ira Mark and Sisler, Timothy. Novels for Students: Phantom of the Opera. Detroit: Gale, 2005. |
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representation Novels for Students: Phantom of the Opera
Ira Mark Milne and Timothy Sisler
"When he (Erik) represents himself to her (Christine) as the Spirit of Music, she responds to his musical gift and really does see him as angelic". |
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Milne, Ira Mark and Sisler, Timothy. Novels for Students: Phantom of the Opera. Detroit: Gale, 2005. |
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reality Novels for Students: Phantom of the Opera
Ira Mark Milne and Timothy Sisler
"Once she (Christine) sees Erik without his mask, however, she is so horrified that she can never think fondly of him again". |
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Milne, Ira Mark and Sisler, Timothy. Novels for Students: Phantom of the Opera. Detroit: Gale, 2005. |
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"In addition to the Phantom's looks, however, his whole existence (in the opera house) is one big charade. He is greatly gifted, but his talents are in making voices seem to appear where no one is actually talking; in coming and going without being seen; in overhearing conversations that seem to be private; and in making people see things that they think are impossible, as in when his torture chamber turns out to be a hall of illusions. He is known as a phantom for a reason: no one is ever really sure that he exists". |
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