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Phantom of the OperaIn the novel, Phantom of the Opera, by Gaston Leroux, we are introduced to a characterknown to everyone as the mysterious Opera Ghost. His character in this book is very complex. Although the Opera Ghost is very ugly physically and mentally, through his actions, we can findmuch beauty.During the masked ball we are given, what the reviewer believes at the time, a very goodphysical description of the Opera Ghost. At the masked ball the Opera Ghost does a perfect line of descentimitating death. The Grim Reaper himself must have posed for it, the on looking crowd wouldcomment. But the hideous thing that he wears upon his head is, in fact, further a mask. What hehides underneath the mask is more wretched than anything imaginable to men. The Opera Ghostwas, Made up entirely of death,(138). He was so distastefully ugly that, his mother wouldnever let him kiss her, she would throw his mask at him and run away,(263). Poor Eriks lifeknows nothing but ugliness.We limit m ore of the Opera Ghosts ugliness when we read of the Persians description ofthe Opera Ghosts love of torture. Before the Opera, Erik designs torture chambers for a littlesultana in Persia. His design was just a small room with six walls, with each wall being a mirror. There is as well as a tree with a Punjab Lasso. The Opera Ghosts idea of torture was not so muchphysical pain, but a tortur...