Meet the Cast
Gustav von Aschenbach
Aschenbach isn't just the main character of Death in Venice, he's one of the most iconic figures of European modernism, a character that has shocked, repelled, and also endeared readers ever since...
Tadzio
What do we really know about Tadzio? The truth is, not much. Without any access to the inner-workings of Tadzio's mind, his existence in Death in Venice is pretty much equivalent to the way Aschenb...
The "Other" a.k.a. Graveyard Guy, Boat Man, Minstrel
When we talk about the "other" in Death in Venice, we mainly have three characters in mind: The red-haired guy Aschenbach sees in the graveyard in Chapter 1,the old man on the boat who's trying to...