Character List
von Aschenbach: The protagonist. A well-known writer who leads an ascetic lifestyle and is taken by a whim to travel to Venice, where he falls in love with Tadzio.
travel agent: A British man and the only person in Venice honest with von Aschenbach regarding the threat of cholera.
Tadzio: A young Polish boy vacationing with his family in Venice with whom von Aschenbach falls in love.
barber: The hairdresser who changes von Aschenbach's appearance in an effort to make him look younger.
stranger in the cemetery: A tourist with a strange appearance whom von Aschenbach sees and considers following in Munich.
Jasiu: A Polish boy who is friends with Tadzio.
sisters: Tadzio's sisters, between the ages of fifteen and seventeen, whom von Aschenbach thinks look like nuns.
governess: The woman in charge of caring for Tadzio and his sisters.
mother: Tadzio's mother, a genteel looking Polish woman.
ClassicNote on Death in Venice
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