External Turmoil In Phantom Of The Opera

Internal Turmoil

We are able to see the outer realities of all the characters in the play, Phantom of the Opera, but we can only see glimpses of the character’s inner realities. The Phantom and Christine are two characters who have an abundance of internal and external turmoil to talk about.

The Phantom has experienced a great number of events throughout his life. He has been living alone in the basement of the opera house his whole life, so he doesn’t know how to interact with people well, other than Carriere who understands his situation. When Joseph Buquet goes downstairs, the Phantom kills him for seeing his face. His face may be hideous but that’s an overreaction just for seeing his face. The next person to stroll downstairs is Christine, who is now living downstairs as well. The Phantom hears Christine’s singing and falls in love with her voice. He encounters her and speaks with her. Notice how he is speaking to her. “‘Mademoiselle, your voice is astonishing. An angel’s voice is what it is, exquisite in tone and shape, in fact in every detail, except… it is untrained” (6). He showers with much

Why would the Phantom do that? The Phantom doesn’t want Christine to leave him, like his mother did when he was very young. That must be what he was thinking when he kidnapped her. Also, living downstairs of the opera house must be lonely, and most fear going downstairs because of the rumors of the Phantom of the Opera and how you will die if you see his face. How does the Phantom feel about the rumors? “‘No one who sees my face can leave. I thought everyone knew that.’” (28). The Phantom must be the one who started the rumors, if he knows about the rumors and treating the rumors as a simple fact. The Phantom lives in his own world, disconnected from others and unsure of how to react in certain