Death and the Maiden Lesson Plan

Why did listening to Schubert make Paulina feel ill? Why do you think she feels she might be able to listen to it again from now on?

Paulina felt extremely ill when she heard Schubert at a dinner party because one of her captors used to play Schubert while he raped and tortured her. Since then, Schubert’s music has served as a kind of post-traumatic trigger for Paulina, viscerally reminding her of the nightmarish period of her capture and torture. She feels she might be able to start listening to it again because she is finally moving forward in her healing process; she has captured Doctor Miranda, is finally speaking out about her past trauma, and feels she might be able...