ROFL As a network admin, I feel your pain! Cause it too ;)

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Posted by bexley on October 20, 2002 at 20:49:03:

In Reply to: guys i'm really sorry about this... posted by lily on October 20, 2002 at 20:44:17:

Just think, people like me cause this pain to people like you all over north america :) ROFL I have to say, my policies are not so evil, I only lock down floppy drives ;) Email is allowed, but only with the proper authorized client, muahaha!

:but I'm at school taking notes for a paper and the computer shut off my access to email and the floppy drive. This is the only forum I belong to, so I have no choice but to post my notes here and download them when I get home. I'm really really sorry if any of you have bothered to read this. By the way, I've posted a real message above.

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:THings to put in the paper:

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: The work is onomotopoetic in the sense that it is more concerned with following the

:movement of Strauss's concept than with following a form or harmonic outline. In his own

:explanation of the piece, Strauss builds an image of a man who lies on the brink of death and is

:distraught to the point of agony because he has not fulfilled the grandiose, idealistic goals he

:has set for himself. At the same time, he looks fondly upon images of his childhood and other

:pleasant memories.
: Strauss constructs a theme for each of the man's states of being. A placid, Major theme

:represents the dying man's peaceful memories and moments of reprieve from pain; a tumultuous,

:minor theme
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: As is characteristic of Strauss's approach to the tone poem, these themes evolve so

:drastically that they are sometimes only recognizable by their tonality, or by the mood they seem

:to set. Their juxtaposition creates a tension that follows Strauss's narrative in striking

:detail.
: Discuss how this works in the piece according to Strauss's narrative.

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: This tension between the agony of death and the beauty of life culminates as the dying

:man realizes that his lifelong dreams can only be realized through death, for they are too

:profound to be understood by mortal man. As he comes to this understanding, the tension between

:agony and beauty combine in a tremendous climax that represents his glorious passage from world

:into the next.
: Discuss how this works in the piece according to Strauss's narrative.
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