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1. 組員_ 2.4.13.18.30.38.41

2. The author Gaston Leroux—the author of The Phantom of the Opera Gaston Leroux (1868-1927) was born in Paris. As a young man he wanted to become a writer, but he studied law to please his father. In 1889, he received his law degree. In the same year his father died, leaving his son a large amount of money, but Gaston spent it all within a year. So, he began writing stories and poems for the newspapers to make some money. Later, he wrote about theatrical performances of L'Echo de Paris. Making use of his legal training, he became a courtroom reporter, and then reported from foreign countries. He traveled to many countries around the world and had many adventures. Leroux also wrote stage plays, mostly based on his own books. He wrote screenplays, in 1919 he formed his own production company. From 1909 Leroux wrote a book a year until his death in 1927at the age of 59.

3. Characters • Eric－the leading man、the phantom of the opera • Christine Da`ae－a chief actress • Raoul－Philippe`s younger brother and Christine`s lover • Philippe Georges Marie－Count of Chagny • Persian－the person once saved Eric • Monsieur Debienne and Monsieur Poligny－the former managers of the opera • Monsieur Armand Monchamin and Monsieur FirminRichard－the two managers who ran the opera after Monsieur Debienne and Monsieur Poligny left • Joseph Buquet－the man was in charge of movie scenery • Madame Giry－the bridge between Eric and managers • Madame Vale`rius－Christine`s aunt

4. Introduction Chapters 1 ~ 4 The beginning of the story is that there was a rumor about an opera ghost in Paris Opera . And most people in there did hear him but never saw him .The managers of this opera , Monsieur Poligny and Monsieur Debienne , who just had enough of the opera ghost , decided to retire . And the new managers were Monsieur Richard and Monsieur Moncharmin .Besides , Christine , the leading role of this book , made a big triumph because of her performance . And a viscount , named Raoul , soon be captivated by Christine . In fact , they were friends when they were still young . But Christine didn’t recognize him until Raoul talked about the scarf .On the other hand , terrible things happened . Two people died unnaturally and it was said that was because of the Opera ghost . And the new managers kept fighting against the Opera ghost because they thought everything about him was mad and ridiculous .

5. Introduction Chapters 5 ~ 8 Raoul got a letter from Christine asking him to go to the ridotto. In the ridotto he saw Red Death, the one he had seen from Perros-Guirec. And he realized that the Red Death was the Angel of Music. He was so angry because he heard Christine called another man’s name: Erik. After the ridotto, Raoul met Christine again, and he was told not to make any attempt to find out these puzzles.They only had a month to stay together because Raoul had to go to North Pole.But just because everything was so sweet that he didn’t want to leave. This action made Christine tell Raoul everything about the Angel of Music and where she was taken by the “Angel”(Opera ghost) and what he had done to her. She felt so scared. Then they decided to elope.But things didn’t go so smoothly. Christine disappeared. The managers’ strange acts. These things made everything seem to be at a loss.The Opera ghost asked the managers to give him twenty thousand Francs, but they didn’t want to. Because they wanted to keep the money so they began to act strangely . But after all, they failed.

6. Introduction Chapters 9 ~ 12 When Erik found that Christine was about to elope with Raoul, he decided to kidnap her. After she disappeared, Raoul was looking for her in a great hurry. At the same time, the Persian appeared and helped him searching for Christine and Erik. When they slipped in the cellar, Raoul understood Erik little by little. Some enigmatic problems were solved during the adventure. And finally they dropped into torture room by mistake. After that, they found Erik and Christine were in the sitting room next to torture room. After Erik left, Christine told them that Erik said that if she didn’t agree to become his wife, everybody would be dead and buried. He had given her until eleven o’clock the next morning to think about it. …Finally she agreed to marry him and asked Erik to save the Persian and Raoul. Soon after that, the Persian was carried home and Raoul was tied up and left in the emptiest part of the Opera, below the fifth cellar. The adventure came to an end. …Eventually Erik went to the Persian’s home and explained something happened after he was taken home. Erik told the Persian that he let Raoul and Christine get together, he was dying of love, and he still loves her. When he told to him, his heart was filled with the love for Christine, his resentment, and the final sincere confession. That’s just his story of a legend.

7. After reading - - 瑞慈 After reading this book , “ The phantom of the opera “ , I really feel that we can not judge people from their appearances . Because I think it still happens a lot in our society . There are many people don’t have any merit but their appearances , and they always use this shallow merit to hurt those who are not good - looking . Moreover , we should develop our inner beauty and talents in hiding of us . And besides , we must look people inside , the kindness , pureness deep in their heart and remember that everybody in this world is unique and special .

8. After reading - - 珮筠 Eric ,how poor a man he is ! Because he was born with a terrible face 、no nose and yellow eyes , he had to hide .His unfortunate mother gave birth to him , but she didn`t care for him and never kissed him. As result of his growing background,It caused him strange personality . Although he sang beautifully、practiced ventriloquism and performed unbelievable tricks ,his heart was still full of sorrow and longed for love from people.Until he met Christine , he realized what love is. I really feel that we should not judge a person by his appearance. Because everyone has a talent which doesn`t depend on whether you are pretty or not. As long as you have bright heart to face everyday, you can make the world more beautiful. I think the story is not only a romantic tragedy but also a marvelous classics. It is really amazing!!!

9. After reading - - 薏蘋 After reading this story, I think that a beautiful mind is more important than a beautiful appearance. Like the opera ghost-Erik who had a face so ugly and so pale was born on a love shortage family. Because he was born with a terrible face- no nose, yellow eyes-that he hade to hide. His all family members including his most close mother all disliked him. In fact, he was kindhearted. At first, he tried every way to make Christine promise to be his wife. Then, he tasted the happiness the world could offer and the acceptance from Christine. Finally, he agreed Christine to marry with the count-Raoul and wished them. Maybe he trusted everyone would accept him as Christine did, too. People always judge others by appearance not by internal. But a kind heart is more important than a beautiful face. Appearance can not represent anything, but a kindness is worth to respect.

10. After reading - - 雯琳 The Phantom of the Opera﹐the best known work of Leroux’s , is a horror romance．The hero﹐Erik﹐who pretended that he was a real phantom﹐ was still a person who could sense ． He utilized normal human feelings and physical theory cleverly to make the whole theatre fall into panic． His personality of being radical came from the exclusion of common people ﹐and his false pride came from the inferiority caused by others’ disdain．Having a poor appearance wasn’t his fault, I felt pity for poor﹐unhappy Erik！People usually judge a person by outward appearance﹐but who knows what bad plans others’ are thinking of inward under their good looks？

11. After reading - - 玟君 I’ve heard the story before, but I didn’t know the detail. After I read it, I’m really touched. Erik learned how to love other people, Christine and Raoul were finally together. And when I read it, I can almost feel the horrible feeling.What makes Erik become such a tragic man? It’s his ugly face, the horrible outward appearance. He was treated like an animal (in the circus), a toy, even a ghost. We have to look people’s heart, not the outward appearances. But nowadays, the society is unfair for those people who are in inferior position. Christine is the one that I want to admire of. She sacrificed her freedom and marriage to save other people. Although she was afraid of Erik, she finally accepted Erik. She made him know what true love meant, and she gave him warmth. She changed Erik’s terrible personality. It’s touched that when Erik was going to die, he let Christine go. The words he said to the Persian made me feel of his genuine. Although “The Phantom of the Opera” has been referred to be a horror romance novel, but I think it’s more than just a horror romance novel. You can see both the bright side and the dark side of human beings. It’s really a marvelous novel

12. After reading - - 詩穎 After I finished reading this book, I felt sorrowful. Poor Erik! Although he had many unordinary talents, he never felt happy live in this world. If he had an ordinary face, he must had succeed and known by everyone. But his terrible face only made him live alone and had no choice but hide him in order to escape people’s taunt.Maybe he wanted to be an ordinary people even if he had no talents. Human beings live in this world need others concern and love. There is exception. But Erik’s mother was cruel enough that she didn’t want to see Erik’s face and moreover she gave he a mask. How cruel she is. No wonder his personality is strange and sometimes doing some crazy thing. In this society, there are many similar situations with Erik’s. The man who has some defect maybe the boss will not hire him. But maybe the man has a very good talent and work very hard. We have to think it deeply.

13. After reading - - 佳君 After reading the novel, I had a sense of loss. It’s not because the story wasn’t interesting. Actually, it’s just the opposite. The thrilling story attracted me very much. I felt just like to be in the story which is heartbreaking. Nobody is a real bad person in the story. It composed of some person who bumped into each other, understood each other, and felt sorry for each other. In other words, the story combines infinite tragedies into a great tragedy. What did Erik really want? He just wanted to live like everybody else. But only because of his horrible face, he was obliged to live as a mouse in the cellar and caused him to feel himself inferior all his life. What did he yearn for? Somebody loved him, understood him, and stayed with him simply. What’s wrong? …Although his dream came true by Christine, his end isn’t satisfactory. He let Christine and Raoul get together finally. At the same time, he just a weak, contented, and broken-hearted man. Just as what Christine said: 「Poor, unhappy Erik.」 How tragic it is! 「The poor, unhappy Erik. The phantom of the opera.」

14. Music: The music of the night

15. Music: Think of me

16. music: All I Ask Of You

17. Music: The Phantom Of The Opera

18. Erik

19. Phantom ＆ Christine

20. The End!