Box Five In Meg Giry's The Box At The Opera

Begins in the past, during a party at the Opera. La Sorelli, a principal

dancer, isin her dressing room when a group of young ballet dancers run in

after their performance.The entire group is terrified because they claim to have

seen the ghost. They discuss thefear that the ghost instills in even the bravest

people and the rumored appearance of theghost. Joseph Buquet has told the best

account of seeing the ghost. Another ballerina,Meg Giry, speaks up and tells the

girls that the ghost has own private box at the Opera, of which her mother is in

charge. A mother of one of the dancers comes into the dressingand announces

that Joseph Buquet was found hanging in the third cellar under the stage.When

men returned to retrieve Joseph Buquet, he was no

They

speak to Mme. Giry, the box-keeper of BoxFive. Box Five is the box that the

ghost requests. The new managers think that the oldmanagers want Box Five for

themselves. They dismiss the box-keeper as mad when shedefends the story of

the Opera ghost. They decided that they must investigate Box Fiveon their own.

This chapter gives the reader a deep look into Christine Daae’s life and

the history of her relationship with Raoul de Chagny. As children, they spent

time together in thecountryside and fell in love. Also, the reader hears the story

of the Angel of Music andcomes to understand her deep emotional connection

with this so-called Angel. Raoulreceives a letter from Christine that says she

is going out to Perros to mourn her father.They witness a moonlight violin

performance by a hidden figure. Christine believes thatthis figure is the Angel

of Music, or the angel of her deceased father. Raoul approachesthis figure

but does not fully see and ends up being left half-dead the next morning in

thechurch next to the cemetery in Perros.

The new opera managers decide to take a personal look at Box Five