OG complex

The story of “The phantom of the opera” written by Gaston Leroux is mostly known by the musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber. In the Opera in Paris there seems to be a Ghost that threatens the security and well being of all the people living at the building and the feverish spectators who attend the shows.

This misterious presence harrasses the Opera, and knows every corner of it to fulfill his purpose and get what he wants: power. He controls everything that happens there, orders who sits where and what is presented. He is filled with wonders, mistery and death. If he is not obeyed, terrible consequences happen at the least expected moment. However, he will leave you at peace if you are willing to pay 30,000 francs. The main question is: why?

Such violence seems to be like a child who manipulates the Opera as his playground and when he is not apreciated he has a tantrum and something terrible happens. It is like this infantile presence only wants attention, and wants to be noticed so he can be loved.

A girl notices him and becomes his pupil. She lets him control her and falls in love with him. But that is not the love he wants, someone who submits to his will and is able to manipulate; it is not love, it is fear. Christine Dae becomes a great prodigy in the Opera thanks to the teachings of her Angel of Music, but she knows that love is not surrendering to the other person’s wishes, but the continuous improvement of the other.

The OG is not able to love because he lacks his own love, so no matter how much he imprisons Christine, he is not able to receive love because he doesn’t accept himself. Instead Christine begins to fear him and ends up pitying him. None of that is true love.

A person who doesn’t love himself or herself tends to confuse love for what they are receiving. Therefore, to receive “love” they provoke fear or pity, so they can have attention. Nevertheless, love is not about receiving, but giving to others. The more we give, the more we get.