With his growing “love” for the boy, Aschenbach completely forgets his past self. His obsession with Tadzio grew so rapidly that he declared it as love. As his stay in Venice lengthened, Aschenbach’s interest in the boy heightens he follows the boy secretly around Venice. He is overjoyed when he finds out his luggage has been misplaced He then returns to his hotel and forgets the idea of leaving. On the day of his departure, he sees Tadzio once more and regrets his decision to leave.

He overhears from the conversations that the boy’s name is Tadzio.īecause of the humid weather in Venice, Aschenbach’s health suffers and he decides to leave Lido. During dinner, he sees a Polish family whose daughters are so overdressed that they resemble nuns, but what caught his attention was the adolescent boy, beautiful and fair-skinned. He then encounters another red-haired gondolier who returns him to the wharf.Īschenbach checks into the hotel and dines there for the evening. Aschenbach is disgusted at the man and turns away. The old man tries to create an illusion of youth by wearing thick makeup and dyeing his hair. On his way to the island, he sees an elderly man with a group of youths. Aschenbach chose Venice and took a suite at the Grand Hotel des Bains on Lido Island.

Soon after this incident, he decides to take a trip. While on his stroll, he happens upon a red-haired man who impolitely stares at him. The story starts with Aschenbach passing through a cemetery. The story starts with the protagonist, a man named Gustav von Aschenbach, a famous author who was widowed at an early age.

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