Written by : Gaston Leroux

The Paris Opera House

Grand Escalier

The 7-ton Chandelier

The performance hall

“The Phantom of The Opera”

• SettingTime setting Physical setting Social setting

The story is set in 1880’s

Paris Opera House in Paris,France

There are 17 floors, 2500 doors and many rooms with secret passages

The phantom’s house is on a lake under the Opera House

Two social settings :

The aristocrats The Aristocrats lived in wealth and status-conscious

The poorThe poor had to work very hard to earn money

Themes

A theme is the central

idea, the main message/important

lessons/moral issues that readers can learn from

the text. The main themes in The

Phantom of the Opera are:

LoveSacrifice

Compassion

Moral Values

• Moral values are good qualities and the lessons that we can learn from the bad qualities of the characters.

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The moral values that can be learnt from The Phantom of The Opera are:

1) Do not be revengeful2) Do not simply reject other people just because of their

appearance3) Do not be judgmental