STORY MAP OF PHANTOM OF OPERA

TITLE CHARACTERS AND

THEIR

ROLE
The Phantom Opera.

Almost certainly qualifies as a candidate Erik

for the title of the least-read novel
Erik, otherwise known as the Phantom, is the
whose story is best-known. Thanks to a
tragic titular character of the novel. He is
never-ending supply of adaptations into
physically deformed and may be interpreted
other media, it would be almost
either as a tragic hero or a tragic villain. Erik
impossible to find any person who can’t
falls in love with Christine but expresses his
provide a basic summary of the book’s
feelings in harmful and at times disastrous
plot. Adaptations of the story range
manners, such as sabotaging performances
from actual operas, to silent movies, to
and taking Raoul captive.
parodies—running the gamut from Brian
DePalma’s sublime rock musical
Phantom of the Paradise to a stage
version that mashes up Leroux’s outline
with Star Wars characters (called
Phantom of the Empire).

Christine Daae

Christine is the main female protagonist of the

Raoul de Chagny
Raoul is the Viscount of Chagny and
Christine's childhood friend. When they
meet years later, after Raoul watches
Christine's performance at the Opera, they
fall in love, get engaged, and make plans to
elope. However, Erik, who also loves
Christine, grows jealous of Raoul; conflict
arises as the two men compete for her,
despite Erik's feelings being unrequited.
novel. Christine is originally from Sweden. Her
mother died while she was young; her father,
with whom she had a very close relationship,
died a few years later, but he passed down his
passion for music to Christine and told her
tales of an angel of music. Erik manipulates
Christine into thinking he is the angel of music,
and is thus able to gain her trust. Christine is
the love interest of both Erik and Raoul, and
Erik's jealousy over her love for Raoul is a
major source of conflict throughout the nove

Philippe de Chagny
Philippe is Raoul's older brother. As
both of their parents have died,
Philippe is owner of the family estate
and wealth, and takes care of Raoul.
He opposes Raoul and Christine's
relationship and marriage, causing
them to keep their engagement
secret.
Meg Giry
Meg is Madame Giry's daughter. She is
Christine's friend, but she also helps
her mother in doing Erik's bidding. She
is described as being relatively self-
centered, with black eyes and hair, and
a very thin body.
Mercier
The acting-manager. He is involved in
the investigation of Christine's
disappearance.
Remy
The managers' secretary. He is also
involved in the investigation of the
disappearance of the Christine.
Madame Giry (Mme. Giry)
Madame Giry is the box keeper of the
Opera. She is loyal to Erik and even
displays fondness for him, as he leaves her
gifts and promises to help her daughter
succeed if Madame Giry obeys him. At
one point, she is fired by the managers of
the Opera, but she regains her position
after Erik intervenes.
The Persian
Eventually the Persian was relieved of
his duties for helping Erik, but
nonetheless he continued to receive a
pension after having moved to Paris to
keep an eye on Erik. He is skeptical of
Erik's promise to do no more harm and
so resolves to help Raoul find Christine
before Erik does anything else.
Carlotta
Carlotta is the spoiled and vain
Spanish prima donna whose
performance is sabotaged by Erik. At
Erik's demand, she is replaced by
Christine.
Gabriel
The superstitious chorus master. He is
also involved in the investigation of
the disappearance of the Christine.
 SETTING

Based on a series of stories and

rumors told about the Palais
Garnier, an opera house in
Paris that remains open today.
In the prologue to the novel,
Gaston Leroux talks about the
research he did to prove that
the legend of the Phantom is
true in preparation to his
writing. Leroux maintained that
he believed the phantom was
real until his death.
Climax
Exposition
There was an Opera House in France which
has seventeen floors, ten above the ground
and seven under the ground. Behind and
under the stage, there were so many dressing
rooms for the dancer and the singer, rooms
for the workers and rooms for the opera
shoes and dress. Some people say that there
was a phantom in the Opera House. He was a
body without a head, or a head without a
body. He had yellow face, he had no nose and
he has black holes for eyes.

The Opera’s singer named La Carlotta was ill.

Monsieur Firmin choosed Christine Daae to sing in
the Opera House. She was a young singer from
Norway who has a good voice. Raoul, the Vicomte
de Chagny said to her brother Philippe that he Rising Action
interested with the new singer. He ever met her
Annie Sorelli run into the dressing room and said
when he was on holiday in Brittany and he fell in
that she saw the phantom in the passage.The other
love with her from that moment. Raoul came to
girl said that Joseph Buquet also saw him two days
Christine’s dressing room but Christine said that she
ago. Meg Giry forbid her friend to talk about the
didn’t know him. It made Raoul be angry and
phantom because the phantom didn’t like it. She
unhappy. A minute later, Raoul went back to the
knew about it from her mother. Meg’s mother was
door of her dressing room and he heard a man
doorkeeper for some box in the Opera House,
talking to Christine, but when he entered the room
included Box 5 which was always attended by the
there was no man there.The next day, Christine
Phantom. Sometimes she talked with the phantom
sent a letter to Raoul. She apologized to Raoul
but she never see the real body of the phantom.
because of the incident last night and she wanted to
Suddenly, Madame Giry run into dressing room
meet him. After that meeting Christine doesn’t sing
and said that Joseph Buquet died an hour ago with
in the Opera House. Two days before the Opera
a rope around his neck.
opens again, Raoul got a letter from Christine. She
said that she wanted to meet him in tenth floor of One day, the Opera House had new directors,
the Opera House. After they meet, Christine Monsieur Armand Moncharmin and Monsieeur
explains to him that the Phantom took her to his Firmin Richard. The new directors didn’t believe
house in under the Opera yesterday. She said that about the ghost although they had received a
the Phantom was a human. His name was Erik. He letter from the phantom. The letter told about the
was very ugly but clever person. The phantom loved phantom wanted the directors to not to sell tickets
her and he wanted to marry her, so Christine in Box 5 and he also wanted 20,000 francs a month
wanted Raoul to leave her but Raoul refused it and but the directors didn’t notice the letter from
he wanted to run away with her. phantom.
Falling Action Denouement

Then Christine kissed Erik. It maked
Erik shocks and he was very happy. It was the
first kiss. He never get it from anyone also his
mother. Erik cried and he went down on the
floor at Christine’s feet. After that Erik said to
Christine that she was free at that time and
she could marry Raoul. Erik asked Christine to
go from his house and took Raoul and the
Persian also.
Madame Giry came to the Persian
house. She wanted the Persian to tell her
about the incident a week ago. Then the
Persian said that the Phantom has
already died. He saw his body three days
ago. The Persian also explained about
the Phantom life. After that Madame
Giry asked about Raoul and Christine,
but he didn’t know about them. Perhaps
they took a train to the north and live a
quite, happy life together.

Lesson

One of the main moral teachings of the story is that love

between two people cannot be forced. It also highlights
the need for every human to be loved. These two
concepts meet in the form of Erik (the Phantom), who has
a fierce, one-sided and possessive love for Christine
SUMMARY