Characters
- Ludwig van Beethoven – The famous composer. Note: In the original release, TSO refer to him as Ludwig von Beethoven. However, the reissue is corrected to van.
- Fate – The spirit of Fate
- Twist – Fate's son (as in "Twist of Fate").
- Mephistopheles – The devil
- Young Beethoven – Beethoven as a young man
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – (Another) famous composer
- Theresa – Beethoven's "immortal beloved" – Possibly either Countess Thérèse von Brunswick or Therese Malfatti
- Young Girl – An orphan of the streets
- The Muses – The spirits of artistic inspiration
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Famous quotes containing the word characters:
“Hemingway was a prisoner of his style. No one can talk like the characters in Hemingway except the characters in Hemingway. His style in the wildest sense finally killed him.”
—William Burroughs (b. 1914)
“There are as many characters in men
As there are shapes in nature.”
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
“Of the other characters in the book there is, likewise, little to say. The most endearing one is obviously the old Captain Maksim Maksimich, stolid, gruff, naively poetical, matter-of- fact, simple-hearted, and completely neurotic.”
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