Opera vs. Parzival
Although in the opera, Anfrontas’ pain is described, in the book it gives more significant details about the wounds by describing the screams that is a result of the pain and wound. Both of the scenes cover this topic, however the opera goes in depth explaining the consequences of not being in the right path and the implication behind the importance. The book on the other hand, goes into details about what is done to the wound to alleviate the pain. If I am not mistaken and these are similar scenes, the opera is focused more on the consequences of the actions while the scene from the book explains the pain and suffer Anfrontas went through due to the wound. Based off of the hour that I watched and the scene that I chose, I think that Wagner’s version talks about the result/consequences of the action where as the book talks about the moment and not what will happen as a result.