How much Schopenhauer is there really in Wagner?

Abstract

<p>http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/1677-2954.2012v11nesp1p211</p><p> </p><p>The paper aims at analyzing some Wagnerian figures in order to show that the influence of Schopenhauer’s philosophy on Wagner is not as strong as commonly held – at least not in his operas. The figures that shall be considered are: Wotan and Brünnhilde, Tristan and Isolde, and finally Parsifal, who appears to be the only Schopenhauerian character of all.</p>