文档介绍：unitthemonster****题综合教程四
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unitthemonster****题综合教程四
U n i t 7 T h e M o n s t e r
nymemorableworksinhislifetime,,.
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Healmosthadnosenseofresponsibility.
servile without shame,andin other letters heloftily offered his targeted
unitthemonster****题综合教程四
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unitthemonster****题综合教程四
,,hewouldflyintoarage.
refused
unitthemonster****题综合教程四
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unitthemonster****题综合教程四
Hewouldusehisinfluenceonasmanypeopleaspossibleinordertomeetsomeadmirerofhiswhowasonlytoogladtoofferhimhishelp.
SinceWagnerwasdrivenbysuchtremendousforces,itisnosurprisethathedidn'tbehavelikeanormalhumanbeing.
Structuralanalysisofthetext
Inthefirst10paragraphs,wecanfindthefollowingwordsandexpressionsused
todescribe RichardWagnerasamonsterofconceit: delusions ofgrandeur/amonster
ofconceit/believedhimselftobeoneofthegreatestdramatistsintheworld,
oneofthegreatest thinkers, andoneofthegreatest composers/themostexhausting
conversationalist /provedhimself right insomanyways/hadtheories aboutalmost
anysubjectunderthesun/almostinnocentofanysenseofresponsibility/an
endlessprocessionofwomen.
Intheremainingparagraphs,wecanfindthefollowingwordsandexpressionsused
todescribe himasagreat genius: right all thetime/oneoftheworld's greatest
dramatists/agreatthinker/oneofthemoststupendousmusicalgeniuses/owe
himaliving.
Rhetoricalfeaturesofthetext
Therepetitive useofthethird personpronounhecreates suspenseinthereader's