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Stephen B. Mangan October 9, 2004 Aschenbach's fall from Grace in 'Death in Venice' Thomas Mann's 'Death in Venice' is on the surface a novella about a well-known, strong disciplined gentleman writer, Gustave von Aschenbach, from Germany during the early 1900's who is approaching middle age, and, is in need of a new motivation of sorts as he feels his productivity as a writer is waning. He decides to take a summer holiday, first to the Adriatic, but it is not satisfactory and believes that a trip to Venice will bring him a renewed vigor and perspective that would bring his work new meaning. Aschenbach soon travels to Venice and takes up residence at the Lido, a highly prestigious resort on the outskirts of the city. It is here that Aschenbach notices a young Polish boy, Tadzio, who is fourteen years old and very handsome. Tadzio is vacationing with his mother and...

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