Summary of The Phantom of the Opera!

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One night in the Opera House, Annie Sorelli bursts into the dancers’ room. She had just seen the Opera ghost or the phantom. All the dancers talk excitedly about the ghost.

Meg Giry warn them not to talk about the ghost. Then, her mother Madame Giry informs them of Joseph Buquet’s death.

The new directors of the Opera House, Messieurs Armand and Firmin, do not believe that the phantom is real and decide to ignore his letter. Christine Daaè to sing Margaritá in Faust since La Carlotta is ill.

On Tuesday night, Paris like Christine’s singing. Raoul goes to meet her in her dressing-room, but she denies knowing him. Raoul goes out, but hears a man’s voice in her room. When she leaves, however, there is no one in the room.

The next day, the directors receive a second letter from the phantom demanding Box 5, 20 000 francs and that Christine sing Margarita again. Madame Giry warns them about the phantom but they refuse to listen.

On the same day, Raoul receives a letter from Christine and they meet in the Tuileries Garden. She explain everything to him and says that the voice in her dressing-room was her angel of music.

On Friday morning, La Carlotta receives a letter ordering her to stay at home, but she ignores the threats. Back in the Opera House, the directors sit in Box 5 and find flowers in it.

Faust is being shown and la Charlotta is to sing Margarita. When she starts singing, her voice sounds like a toad. The directors hear a voice say that the chandelier will fall and it does, killing a women and injuring many people.

Raoul and Christine see each other everyday for a week but she suddenly disappears. She asks him to meet her on the tenth floor of the Opera House, where she tells him everything that had happened to her and about the ghost.

Eric took her to his house on a lake near the Opera House where he confessed his love for her and told her his real name.

Eric, the Opera Ghost, revealed himself to her. He has the face of a dead man. He has no nose, two black holes for eyes and a yellow face. Christine tells Raoul that Eric threatened to kill Raoul is she does not marry him.

Raoul then plans to run away with Christine on Saturday night.

Suddenly, they hear a strange voice. Then, a Persian man appears and tells them to use the front stairs out of the building.

On Saturday night, Christine sings Margarita again. Suddenly, the lights go out and when it comes on, Christine has disappeared. After that, Raoul and the Persian disappear.

The Persian leads Raoul into a secret passage to find Christine. They accidentally enter a torture room full of mirrors and are trapped. Eric and Christine can see them dying in the room. He threatens to kill them if she does not be his wife.

Christine agrees to marry hi and kisses him. Eric is so touch; he releases the three of them. After that, Christine and Raoul disappear from Paris and Eric is found dead by the Persian.

Source:

Kay, G. (2002). Light On Lit-Literature Component Made Easy, Form 2 (Phantom of The Opera) Kuala Lumpur: Pearson Education Malaysia.