Death in Venice Themes

Full disclosure: We're not talking about sex, here. Nope—it's all about lust in this story, that longing for another person that can seemingly come out of nowhere and dramatically change your sen...

Where do we start on this one? The threat and allure of the exotic "other" is one of the most central themes in Death in Venice. Aschenbach is, after all, a tourist, one who's first drawn to visit...

Whenever you read a story about a writer, you can bet you're in for a story that has something to say about writing. Shocking, we know. And this is certainly true when it comes to Death in Venice....

Hey, when the word death is in the title, mortality is probably an important theme of the novella, right? Bingo. It's important to keep in mind that Aschenbach's journey, from disciplined writer to...