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Death in Venice

by Thomas Mann

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Death in Venice

The relationship between Aschenbach and Tadzio in "Death in Venice" is entirely one-sided and exists only in Aschenbach's imagination. Aschenbach, an older writer, becomes obsessed with the...

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Death in Venice

The central theme of Death in Venice is the destructive power of obsessive love. On a trip to Venice, Aschenbach becomes more and more attracted to a fourteen-year-old boy named Tadzio who he sees...

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Death in Venice

When von Aschenbach sees the strange, young, foreign-looking man, there is a change that comes over him which makes him want to travel.  This was not Aschenbach's normal custom, for he usually...

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One of the central themes of this excellent short story is the way in which pursuing eroticism, as symbolised in the figure of Tadzio, and relinquishing restraint and reason, can lead to death....

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Death in Venice

In Thomas Mann's Death in Venice, Gustav von Aschenbach's downfall is the direct result of his inability to keep his sexuality repressed. Initially, Aschenbach is able to repress his sexual...

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Death in Venice

Whether or not Thomas Mann was directly influenced by Jungian thought, it's not difficult to find the application of the concepts you name in your question to Death in Venice. Aschenbach's...

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Death in Venice

The connection between Aschenbach's psyche, his emotional sacrifices, and his artistic failures in Death in Venice lies in his obsessive pursuit of perfection and beauty. His repressed emotions and...

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Death in Venice

I would argue that von Aschenbach is not dying of love but rather lust. He is clearly captivated by the beauty and artifice of Venice and its people who have themselves been corrupted by a life in...

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Death in Venice

Thomas Mann's Death In Venice is, at its heart, entirely concerned with the relationship with disease and art, as symbolised by the setting of Venice itself. As the disease progresses...

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