歌剧魅影(全英文).ppt

The Phantom of the Opera --歌剧魅影 *Erik—The :“Phantom” and “Opera-Ghost”,a deformed man (believed to be an Angel of Music) *Christine—A young Swedish soprano *Raoul--Christine’s childhood friend and love interest Main Characters: The Plot: The open with a prologue in which Gaston Leroux claims that Erik, the Phantom of the Opera, was a real person. During Christines childhood, which is described retrospectively in the early chapters of the book, her father tells her many stories featuring an Angel of Music, who, like a muse, is the personification of musical inspiration. Christine is eventually given a position in the chorus at the Paris Opera House. Not long after she arrives there, she begins hearing a beautiful, unearthly voice which sings to her and speaks to her. She believes this must be the Angel of Music and asks him if he is. The Voice agrees and offers to teach her a little bit of heavens music. The Voice, however, belongs to Erik, a disfigured genius who falls in love with her at least at first. With the help of the Voice, Christine triumphs at the gala on the night of the old managers retirement. Her old childhood friend Raoul hears her and remembers his love for her. A time after the gala, the Paris Opera performs Faust, with the prima donna Carlotta playing the lead. In response to a refused surrender of Box Five to the Opera Ghost, Carlotta loses her voice and the chandelier overhead plummets into the audience. After the chandelier crashes, Erik kidnaps Christine to his home in the cellars and reveals his true identity. He plans to keep her there only a few days, hoping she will come to love him. But she causes Erik to change his plans when she unmasks him and, to the horror of both, beholds his face. Furious, he lets her know of his despair and love. Fearing that she will leave him, he decides to keep her with him forever, but after two weeks, when Christine requests release, he agrees, on con