Tamingo Analysis

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The thundering sounds of applause by the audience pulled me back into reality. Closing my eyes, all the characters and scenes of the magic flute flashed back into my mind. The courageous Tamino, the beautiful yet flexuous Pamina, the hilarious Papageno, the righteous Sarastro, and the selfish queen of the night, all of their songs, their emotions, and their performances carved deeply in my mind. Composed by one of the greatest musical genius – Mozart, the magic flute stands to be one of the most well-known opera in the world. The story began when the prince Tamino was rescued from a python by the three self-centered maids of the Queen of the night. Soon, the three maids returned and showed the portrait of the gorgeous Pamina, the daughter …show more content…
However, there seems to be a great difference from the reviews of Sarastro that he got from the citizens of this kingdom and the description the queen gave him. While Papageno found Pamina and tried to persuade her to escape with him, Pamina first showed her flexuous personality. After a long persuasion and explanation of how Tamino fell in love with her and decided to rescue her no matter what price it takes, Pamina was persuaded. Together, they sang the beautiful song of how important true love is. Their song, filled with love, faith, and hope, sang directly into my heart. Although the dark and damp cell seemed to lock out all hope and wonders of the world, their song bloomed flowers and lightened the darkest cell on the …show more content…
The two love birds seemed to forget everything else in the world, all of their attention was attracted by each other. Unfortunately, their escape failed. The evil slave master of Sarastro caught them and tried to separate them by the death of Tamino. Suddenly, the righteous Sarastro arrived just in the right time and delivered the great news to the love birds. They can be together forever! However, they need to triumph from three challenges: the challenge of silence, the challenge of fire, and the challenge of water before they can rejoice forever. If they success, they will rejoice and jubilee together in the heavenly realm of Sarastro, on the contrary, if they fail, death will be their fate. The pair of love birds sang faithfully, declaring their love and faith that they will triumph the challenges together. Their song really demonstrated their firm decision: to face death together if they

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