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Summary of Act 2
eated in his dark tower, Klingsor summons
Kundry and
instructs her to seduce Parsifal, whom he has seen approaching in
his magic mirror. Kundry resists in
vain, since the magician knows how to control her through
the curse. She disappears and the scene changes to a
magic garden, in which the
Flower Maidens bloom. They
attempt to seduce Parsifal, who plays with them, until the
appearance of Kundry, transformed into a beautiful siren.
She awakens his memories of childhood and of his mother.
His resistance apparently broken, she offers him a
passionate kiss.
o her amazement, the youth recoils
in horror. At last he understands the nature both of
Amfortas'
suffering and his own mission. Kundry tries to win him through pity for her, accursed since she
laughed at the suffering of Christ. In desperation she
calls for help from Klingsor, who appears on the rampart and
hurls the spear at Parsifal.
he spear
stops in the air, suspended
over Parsifal's head. He grasps it and makes the
sign of the cross, at which Klingsor's tower crumbles and the
garden withers. You will
know where to find me again, he tells Kundry as he walks
away.
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