[Ike]
One critic has pointed out that this character's love interest has a name that sounds like Zagreus, while another critic connected this character's vision of a ritual that ends with the uttering of "u-u-u" with the satyr chorus discussed heavily in The Birth of Tragedy. That vision this character has is a dream about the "stranger-god" who tastes "the beastful degradation of his soul" while chewing on gobbets of animals, much like the way maenads tore up Pentheus. He imagines a conversation between (*) Socrates and Phaedrus about passion, while hints of the Dionysian are seen in him when he drinks pomegranate juice and ruby-red sparkling water while in Hotel des Bains, where he stays after his luggage is not available for travel. His death comes about from eating overripe strawberries after watching Jasiu and Tadzio wrestle. For 10 points, name this writer that is the subject of Death in Venice.  [Ike]
One critic has pointed out that this character's love interest has a name that sounds like Zagreus, while another critic connected this character's vision of a ritual that ends with the uttering of "u-u-u" with the satyr chorus discussed heavily in The Birth of Tragedy.
{Gustav von Aschenbach}