![]() Neither the city nor the man can do much to really attract the attentions of a beautiful youth, those days are gone for both. The facade Venice puts on to attract visitors is mirrored in the fancy suits the fifty plus man wears in an attempt to make himself attractive. Its decay, its age, its vulnerablity to disease are all mirrored in Aschenbach. ![]() The city becomes a metaphor for Aschebach. Aschenbach indulges in his obsession, staying on at the hotel as long as he can, in spite of the very real threat of a cholera outbreak in the emptying city. Aschenbach can see what the boy looks like, but he does not know him in any real way. Is Aschenbach a man in love or just a man obsessed? He learns as much as he can about Tadzio from secondhand sources like the hotel barber, but his knowledge remains so limited that the Tazio he comes to love is largely a Tadzio of his own imagination. ![]() He never attempts to meet the boy or to speak with him though he does learn his name, Tadzio, and quite a bit of his family history. Show More staying at the same hotel as the boy, so he studies the boy's daily habits, making sure that he is at the beach when the boy will be, ready for breakfast when the boy is, he even follows his family when the boy goes on tours of the city. ![]()
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