Research Paper On Tonio Kruger

In Mann’s literary work of Tonio Kruger, he expresses his choice of an audience though whom he loves. Tonio's attraction to Hans and Ingebrog shows that they are his choice of audience. Both Hans and Ingebrog represent the normal bourgeoisie thought of as dignified and respectful like his father. Tonio admires these people but he does not wish them to be like him, he would rather them stay the way they are, uninteresting in things like art. That is why Tonio expresses his horror at the thought of Hans writing poetry. Hans and Ingebrog can be thought of as Tonio’s muse for his art. This is sort of ironic because they are the do not understand or appreciate the art that he does.
Mann tells us that an artist has to be separated from humanity