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Aschenbach was certainly an artist. A very decent one. He had his life planned out, was very accurate and organized. Perhaps even a bit boring, monotonous. He was a hard-working man, he had that certain motus animi continuus. He was seen as a genius. From the beginning, he wanted to become known, to become famous, but his life was empty. He yearned for a change of pace, for some action, adventure and unpredictability of what …

…overripe and soft, but he ate them. Did he realize they carried the plague? Every great man has a flaw, Hamlet was indecisive, MacBeth had too much ambition, Othello was jealous…and Aschenbach was obsessed. His obsession led him to forget about his own well-being and life. That’s what led him to his unlucky end. An end that is not even as satisfactory as it could’ve been. An end he didn’t deserve.