Christine ultimately makes the only choice society makes available to her - the safe and sane choice. He is unstable, driven to madness by a world of light he can never know. And yet, as his role turns from that of protector and teacher to one of lustful suitor, he comes to represent darkness, passion, lust, obsession, and danger. He has been to her like a guardian angel. Then there is Erik, the Phantom, with whom Christine has had a long time bond. There is Raoul, who represents safety, light, and a sort of romantic, adolescent view of what true love should mean. Christine lives as a sheltered child-like woman in a highly patriarchal Victorian society. Here is my best attempt at a brief summary. Chosen answer: This is a very short, but very complex question about which dissertations are written.
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