Fans calling Raoul 'entitled'

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In the book Raoul is certainly not a pompous, wealthy figure (or for that matter in the musical). I think what fans tend to forget is that from Raoul's point of view, title, wealth, possessions etc. are nothing special; he has always had them, and they have never made him particularly happy. He isn't some footballer who measures his worth by the fact that he once earned a hundred pounds a week and is now paid twenty thousand a week, and waves this achievement in girls' faces. Raoul was *born* into an ancient family, yet the happiest time in his childhood -- and quite possibly his whole life -- was when he was chattering to Breton peasants in the company of Christine. ( Read more... )