In the phantom of the Opera chapters one through five we delve into a very chaotic scene being described by a detective. As we move through the story we start to learn more about the phantom and more about the romance that occurs in the story. An important quote that highlights both the romance and the phantom is on page 65 of the book, which reads…
“He said you you: “Chrinstine, you must love me! at these words, a deathly pallor spread over christines face.”
To me, this is an important quote because the facial expression Christine made we later find out is because she believed the phantom to be someone only she could see and hear. But since raule could hear him, it means that he is a real person and it tells the reader and the character at the same time new information about the phantom. Up until this point, we never got any solid evidence about the authenticity of the phantom. But now we do. It also tells you how the phantom feels towards christine. How he feels she MUST love him and there is no other way.
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