Phantom Of The Opera Theme

The “Phantom of the Opera” expresses that pity and fear can change the way a character acts or feels about another. The pity of the movie shows more about the love because Christine was in love with the Phantom because of his troublesome past. The fear part is to show that people feared the Phantom and he would kill people or threaten to do so. Some events that were expressed by fear or pity are when Madam Giry saved the Phantom from his beating as a childhood; another is Raoul having the fear that the Phantom is taking Christine from him. Another factor of the plot is the aspect of love that is expressed through the play.
The event that helps the plot is the flashback of Madam Giry helping the Phantom getting out and hiding from the people that were hurting him in his life. This event expresses the pity that she had for him and the fear she had of him getting hurt more. The phantom lives in the Opera House his entire life and she doesn’t want anyone to know where he lives or to hurt him anymore because the Phantom doesn’t know any better. The plot that was expressed in this part is that fear and to make people around the Phantom have pity for him to make them fear him. As you can see the events that have helped the plot also have helped characterize the Phantom of fear and pity. …show more content…
Raoul’s fear is that the Phantom will steal Christine from him and that Christine will love the Phantom more than him. The Phantom’s fear is that he won’t steal Christine’s heart after everything he has done to get her. These events help the plot of the enemies that Raoul and the Phantom are to