Comparing Phantom And Phantom In The Phantom Of The Opera

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In The Phantom of the Opera, Christine Daae is a beautiful opera singer in the opera house that the Phantom owns. Phantom and Christine love each other, but only because she believes that he is the Angel of Music. Although Phantom and Christine both love each other, Christine loves another man: Raoul. Raoul and Phantom are polar opposites in that Phantom is considered the night, whereas Raoul is the day. They go back and forth trying to win the heart of Ms. Daae. Phantom will do anything to have control over her, even if it means to put Christine in a trance. On the other hand, Raoul wants to keep Christine safe. Phantom and Raoul love Christine but they show her their love in different ways: dangerously and safely. In the song “Music of the Night”, Phantom sings, “…Turn your face away from the garish light of day”. Phantom acknowledges that…show more content…
He puts Christine in a trance when he sings “Music of the Night” to her, and because music of her weakness, the song is dangerous for her and her love. “In this darkness which you know you cannot fight” is a representation of how controlling he is. He won’t let her win. He has never known true love, and because he loves Christine as he has never loved anyone before, she is in a dangerous situation. She cannot get away from him. Also in the song is the lyric “leave all thoughts of the world you knew before”; Phantom is telling Christine to now only leave the world that she knew before behind, but to also leave her thoughts. When with the Phantom, Christine cannot think of anything other than him. She only knows him and his love. Her thinking is not rational; therefore she cannot think properly and try to get to a safe place. Once she leaves all thoughts behind, she is sung, “Only then can you belong to me”. Music being her weakness and this lyric being sung to her furthers the statement on the Phantom’s love being controlling and
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