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There is also another aspect to the song: The Alderking is characterized as a reckless abuser. First, he tries to bribe the child, sweet-talking and acting as a child himself. He then raises his bid to golden fabrics and girls for a company (the Alderking's daughters). When this also fails, he admits his physical attraction and resorts to brute force.<p> | There is also another aspect to the song: The Alderking is characterized as a reckless abuser. First, he tries to bribe the child, sweet-talking and acting as a child himself. He then raises his bid to golden fabrics and girls for a company (the Alderking's daughters). When this also fails, he admits his physical attraction and resorts to brute force.<p> | ||
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He reaches the castle with spurring and dread;<nowiki>*</nowiki> | He reaches the castle with spurring and dread;<nowiki>*</nowiki> | ||
But, alack! in his arms the child lay dead! | But, alack! in his arms the child lay dead! | ||
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<div class="footnotes"><nowiki>*</nowiki>) Though ''Hof'' in German can refer to a castle; when it does, it is used like the term "court" in English. (''"bei Hofe": ''"at court").''"Hof"'' originally means "yard" (also synonymously used for household, or property). The way that Goethe uses it, it suggests the yard with the connotation of "his own property" as the most likely meaning, not the castle as Ayton and Martin assumed.</div> | <div class="footnotes">Translation by by W. Edmonstoune Aytoun, D.C.I. and Theodore Martin<ref name="TranslationE1"/> | ||
<nowiki>*</nowiki>) Though ''Hof'' in German can refer to a castle; when it does, it is used like the term "court" in English. (''"bei Hofe": ''"at court").''"Hof"'' originally means "yard" (also synonymously used for household, or property). The way that Goethe uses it, it suggests the yard with the connotation of "his own property" as the most likely meaning, not the castle as Ayton and Martin assumed.</div> | |||
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