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    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…

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    The Phantom of the Opera Musical A musical is a work of art that involves the use of various songs during the production of films, television shows, and stage performances. Kenrick, John states that these types of productions usually aim at telling a story as in the case of a book or novel musicals while others are often focused on showcasing the talents and abilities of the writers as well as the performers. There have been many musicals since the beginning of time. Nonetheless, for a musical…

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    The Phantom Of The Opera – Evil, Are We Born With It? The Phantom of the Opera is a well-known novel created by French writer Gaston Leroux in the 1910’s. This novel, a today Broadway award-winning play, relates the story of Erik nicknamed the Phantom of the Opera, a mysterious man who lives in a mysterious lair inside an opera house. Christine Daaé, an opera singer who lived and performed in the house, caught Erik’s attention which later was transformed into attraction and love. Erik fell in…

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    partnership with Texas Tech’s School of Music definitely did not disappoint with their amazing performance of Phantom of the Opera. This is one of the most well know and classical musicals but doesn’t fit into any specific category. It is not exactly classic musical theatre due to the music being for classically trained singers, but it is not exactly an opera either because it has dialogue while an opera is traditionally completely sung. This makes for a difficult mixture of is not for the faint…

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    Not so poor Erik “With that sob attached to the man I suspected when saying goodbye to him. Poor Erik! Poor Erik!” (Leroux 150) The Phantom of the Opera, a horror novel written by Gaston Leroux explores a forbidden love triangle between a young Swedish opera singer, a French viscount, and a mysterious man known only as “the opera ghost.” The opera ghost, whose name is later reveled to be Erik, is both the protagonist and antagonist of the book. He is reviled among normal society, even though…

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    Introduction Gaston Leroux’s The Phantom of the Opera focuses on the conceptual framework of gothic which calls for a definition of gothic literature. The term gothic was originally derived from barbaric conquerors in the 5th Century A.D. where the concept of gothic referred to architectural elements that were built during the middle ages during where it was referred to as barbaric architecture. However, during the 17th century English writers developed many gothic novels where the settings…

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    One of the greatest musicals of all time is The Phantom of the Opera due to its powerful and strong music. One could imagine that with its fame, the musical would inspire quite a few musical covers of its main songs. The central, and most famous, song of the musical, which goes by the same name, “The Phantom of the Opera”, has had many covers, many of which are quite successful. A successful cover is not easy to create; Jeff Turrentine, an editor for the OnEarth magazine, understands that…

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    The Phantom of the Opera slot review NetEnt is bringing back the famous romantic villain character from the Gaston Leroux story I the new slot The Phantom of the Opera Universal Monsters™ which is coming out on the 24th July 2017. While there were many versions of the famous love and horror story throughout the years, the new NetEnt game is actually based on the Universal Studios’ 1943 horror film. With Re-Spins, Pick and Click and free spins feature, this win both ways slot looks extremely…

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    The 2004 movie, The Phantom of the Opera, is based off the original 1986 musical that was produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber. The actual movie is also produced by Webber and is directed by Joel Schumacher. It was released in the United States in December of 2004 and has been a hit ever since. The musical is still very popular and is performed on stages across the world to this day. Each musical scene in The Phantom of the Opera is sung in opera, so one has to have a special talent to perform. Some…

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    The most obscure character in The Phantom of the Opera, is the Paris Opera House. Working in duality, the opera house not only provides the setting, but it also shines a light on the hypocritical and social ills French society at the time. The opera house emphasizes the social status during a period known as the Belle Époque (The Beautiful Season), which the upper-class would come to call 'The Golden Age', during this period the standards of living was increased for the middle and upper-class.…

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