Paul
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Paul is the tormented protagonist of Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s opera "Die tote Stadt," struggling with grief and obsession over his dead wife in the decaying city of Bruges.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Paul (Die tote Stadt) | 0 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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opera character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Die tote Stadt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInAct |
Act I of Die tote Stadt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Act II of Die tote Stadt NERFINISHED ⓘ Act III of Die tote Stadt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artFormContext | late-Romantic opera ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
Eros and Thanatos (love and death)
NERFINISHED
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memory and illusion ⓘ religious guilt ⓘ |
| basedOn | Paul in "Bruges-la-Morte" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConflict |
confusion between memory and reality
ⓘ
inability to accept his wife Marie’s death ⓘ |
| characterArc | from obsessive mourning toward renunciation ⓘ |
| cityDescribedAs | Die tote Stadt (the dead city) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Paul Schott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dramaticFunction | focus of psychological drama ⓘ |
| emotion | grief over his dead wife ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Die tote Stadt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceContext | premiere of Die tote Stadt in 1920 ⓘ |
| friend | Frank (Die tote Stadt) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hallucinates |
procession of monks and nuns in Bruges
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visions blending Marie and Marietta ⓘ |
| housekeeper | Brigitta (Die tote Stadt) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| keeps |
lock of Marie’s hair
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portraits of Marie ⓘ shrine to Marie ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | German ⓘ |
| librettoBy | Paul Schott (pseudonym of Julius and Erich Wolfgang Korngold) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | widower ⓘ |
| meets | Marietta (Die tote Stadt) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationalTraditionOfWork | Austro-German opera ⓘ |
| notableScene |
confrontation with Marietta in his shrine room
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vision of strangling Marietta with Marie’s hair ⓘ |
| occupation | bourgeois citizen of Bruges ⓘ |
| perceivesAs | double of Marie ⓘ |
| primaryTrait |
grief-stricken
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obsessive ⓘ |
| relationshipWithMarietta |
attempt to resurrect Marie through Marietta
GENERATED
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erotic obsession GENERATED ⓘ |
| religiousBackground | Catholic milieu ⓘ |
| residence | Bruges NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime | late 19th century or early 20th century Bruges ⓘ |
| spouse | Marie (Die tote Stadt) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolicallyRepresents |
danger of living in the past
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pathological mourning ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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