Write a note on the interplay of youth and death in Thomas Mann's novella Death in Venice.
Aschenbach in Thomas Mann's
novella Death in Venice is an old man, and part of why he decides to go to
Venice when he does is because he feels his time is running out. He misses his
youth, and this is part of why he becomes so obsessed with Tadzio. Youth is associated with
beauty in Mann’s novella, and as an artist, Aschenbach adores the beauty of
youth, which inevitability fades with age. As this may suggest, Aschenbach’s
obsession with youth becomes a bit perverse and extreme. He originally views
the old man with dentures and makeup on the boat to Venice as a pathetic,
grotesque character. However, he himself essentially becomes this man by the
end of the novel, as he tries to appear younger, disgusted with his aged
appearance.
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