Overcome by emotion, as he has never been kissed or allowed to kiss, the Phantom shows her true love and sets her free–ultimately to be with Raoul.Īccording to, the plot of “The Phantom of the Opera” is about the obsessive pursuit of something–love, money, revenge, status, etc.–and the redeeming qualities of love in this case, both for the Phantom and Christine. She agrees to save both Raoul and innocent lives, and after the Phantom kisses her on the forehead, she returns his kiss. Raoul, handsome and rich, is smitten with Christine and pursues her despite the Phantom’s ominous warnings.Īt the end of “The Phantom of the Opera,” the Phantom kidnaps Christine and forces her to promise marriage to him if she refueses, he vows to blow up the opera house. It was first published as a serial in Le Gaulois from 23 September 1909 to 8 January 1910, and was released in volume form in late March 1910 by Pierre Lafitte.
The Phantom teaches her to sing his works, but on the eve of her debut, the new patron of the opera house recognizes Christine as an old childhood friend. The Phantom of the Opera ( French: Le Fantme de l'Opra) is a novel by French author Gaston Leroux. Christine believes that the phantom is the Angel of Music, a figure that her father promised would protect her when he died.
“The Phantom of the Opera” takes place in 1881, when the disfigured phantom chooses Christine Daae, an orphaned dancer at a Parisian opera house, to become his protégée.
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