Freud and the Phantom of the Opera
T-Magazine
Gaston Leroux’s novel opens the reader to an entire new world of meaning
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KARACHI:
“Poor, unhappy Erik! Shall we pity him? Shall we curse him? He asked only to be someone, like everybody else. But he was too ugly! And he had to hide his genius or use it to play tricks with, when, with an ordinary face, he would have been one of the most distinguished of mankind!
“He had a heart that could have held the entire empire of the world; and, in the end, he had to content himself with a cellar. Ah, yes, we must pity the Opera ghost.”