Phantom of the Opera Review

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Phantom of the Opera Review
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Firmin

• New owner of the Opera Populaire
• Very concerned about money

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Andre

• New owner of the Opera Populaire
• More concerned about appearances
• Likes to say he made his fortune in scrap metal,
  not the junk business

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Carlotta

• Reigning Diva of the Opera Populaire
• Back drop falls on her
• The Phantom trades out her throat spray with a
  solution that makes her croak
• Loved herself more than anyone else

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Piangi

• Leading male singer of the Opera Populaire
• Strangled by the Phantom during Don Juan
  Triumphant

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Meg Giry

• Christines best friend
• Madame Girys daughter
• Ballet dancer
• Leads the mob to the Phantoms lair

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Raoul

• The Vicomte de Chagny
• Patron of the Opera Populaire
• Christines childhood sweetheart
• Beats the Phantom in a duel but does not kill him
• Marries Christine

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LeFevere

• Sells the Opera Populaire to Andre and Firmin
• Heads to Austraila

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Madame Giry

• Ballet instructor at the Opera Populaire
• Rescued the Phantom from the Freak Show Carnival
• Saved Raoul from the Phantoms noose
• Tells Raoul the truth about the Phantom
• The Phantoms messenger

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Christine Daae

• Orphaned at the age of 7 has lived at the Opera
  Populaire ever since
• Trained by a mysterious singing teacher (the
  Phantom)
• Raouls childhood sweetheart
• Shows the Phantom compassion
• Marries Raoul
• Easily manipulated

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Phantom

• Born with a deformed face
• Sold to a carnival became the Devils Child
• Murdered the man who owned him
• Rescued by Madame Giry
• Lived in the Opera Populaire his entire life
• Christines secret singing tutor
• Is a magician, musician, genius
• Murdered Buquet and Piangi
• Set the Opera House on fire

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Joseph Buquet

• Creepy backstage worker
• Murdered by the Phantom for seeing too much and
  telling about it

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Opulence

• Outrageous show of wealth at the Opera House
• Visible in decorations
• Visible in costumes
• Visible in set design
• People in the Masquerade Scene are dressed
  opulently

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Don Juan

• The Phantom writes the opera, Don Juan Triumphant
• The Phantom trades places with Piangi during the
  opera so that he can sing with Christine
• Piangi was playing the role of Don Juan
• Don Juan was a fictional character who always got
  the ladies

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Magical Lasso

• What Buquet calls the noose the Phantom uses to
  strangle people

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Flashback

• The entire movie is a flashback.
• It is told from the point of view of the old man,
  Raoul.
• He is remembering all of the strange and
  mysterious events that happened when he found
  Christine at the Opera Populaire.
• He remembers these events as he travels from the
  auction (where he bought the monkey music box) to
  Christines grave.

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Pandora

• Pandora is the mythical character who opened a
  box that had been given to her by the gods. She
  was told not to open it, but her curiosity got
  the better of her. When she opened it all the
  evils of the world were released.
• The first time Christine takes off the Phantoms
  mask, the Phantom calls her Pandora because her
  curiosity made the Phantom very angry.

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Delilah

• The Old Testament woman who betrayed Sampson when
  she told the Philistines that his hair was the
  source of his strength.
• The Phantom calls Christine Delilah when she
  removes his mask because he feels betrayed by
  Christine.

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Montage

• Series of events shown quickley to tell a story
• After the chandelier raises at the beginning of
  the movie, there is a montage that introduces all
  of the Opera Populaire to the audience.

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Color Symbols

• Whiteinnocence and purity
• Blackevil darkness
• Redpassionate love
• Goldopulence
• Pinkpure love true love

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Mixed Color Symbolism

• Red and Blacktainted love
• White and Blackgoodness trying to hide evilness
• White and Black makes greya person who is
  neither good nor bad tries to make good
  decisions, but they turn out bad
• White and Redpure love

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Phantoms Special Powers

• Ability to hypnotize
• Be everywhere at once
• See everything

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Keep your hand at the level of your eye.

• Madame Giry tells Raoul to do this as he makes
  his way to save Christine from the Phantom.
• If he kept his hand at the level of his eye, the
  Phantom would be unable to lasso him.