The Phantom Of The Opera
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The Phantom Of The Opera Question
Why do so many people seem to hate Raoul and/or Christine?
I realize the hatred is largely aimed at Raoul but I've seen some people say that they didn't like Christine either. I have to ask why? I guess the answer really boils down to Erik, Christine didn't chose him, and that's why people hate her and Raoul is an easy target to hate because he's the other guy and by comparison to Erik, well lets face it character wise he's less interesting, but that doesn't mean he deserves all the hate he gets.
Raoul is often called a "wuss" but think about it from his prospective he's left almost completely in the dark about whats going on or Christine is giving him answers that make him question her sanity, not to mention his own because Erik is manipulating them both, its easy to side with Erik because we are looking at the story from an objective point of view, we know Erik's back story (some what, still more than Christine and Raoul) so we have more time to pity him and Christine who literately gets through into the situation only has a short time to deal with a man, who is professing love to her (which is a lot to take in from someone your meeting for the first time) and it only goes downhill from there, Erik doesn't exactly show off his people skills.
If anything he makes her feel really awkward and only serves to push her more toward Raoul.
Don't mistake me, Erik is my favorite character like virtually everyone else but I can still be objective when it comes to other characters and not be bias just because I prefer one character over the other, also Erik is more than a wounded soul, he as a dark past that isn't anybody else fault but his own, EVERYone is responsible for the choices they make in life, and Erik made his. Just like Christine made hers.
Raoul is often called a "wuss" but think about it from his prospective he's left almost completely in the dark about whats going on or Christine is giving him answers that make him question her sanity, not to mention his own because Erik is manipulating them both, its easy to side with Erik because we are looking at the story from an objective point of view, we know Erik's back story (some what, still more than Christine and Raoul) so we have more time to pity him and Christine who literately gets through into the situation only has a short time to deal with a man, who is professing love to her (which is a lot to take in from someone your meeting for the first time) and it only goes downhill from there, Erik doesn't exactly show off his people skills.
If anything he makes her feel really awkward and only serves to push her more toward Raoul.
Don't mistake me, Erik is my favorite character like virtually everyone else but I can still be objective when it comes to other characters and not be bias just because I prefer one character over the other, also Erik is more than a wounded soul, he as a dark past that isn't anybody else fault but his own, EVERYone is responsible for the choices they make in life, and Erik made his. Just like Christine made hers.
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