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118 world proprietress means; that is sad; the song reads "I know not," etc., hence patient is the Loreley. It can be seen that it follows the type of the example of the "pine tree."

6. Crown (stereotype: "I am the crown"): greatest goodness of life, which one can gain by conquest—those who accomplish the highest come to the crown—highest fortune of life and goodness of earth—the greatest wealth of earth—it is all acquired—there are also lazy people who always remain poor—highest picture of heaven—the highest godliness—Mary, mother of God—the main key and a key in heaven with which one severs relations—I myself saw how a door was bolted—the key is necessary for irrefutable justice—title—Empress—world proprietress—highest merited nobility.

"Crown" is another analogy with "summit," but it expresses the nuances of the merits and rewards. The reward is not, however, consummated on this earth in the form of the gifts of the greatest earthly possessions such as wealth, crowning as empress, and merited nobility, but reaches into the religious heaven, into which patient is allowed to enter by means of a key and where she even becomes Empress of heaven. In consideration of her merits this development seems to her "irrefutable justice." A simple-minded dreamlike fragment which recalls to an extent the "Ascension of Hannele " (Hauptman).

7. Main key (stereotype: "I am the main key")—the main key is the house key, I am not the house key but the house—the house belongs to me—yes, I am the main key, I affirm the main key as my property—it is a house key to fold—a key which can again unlock all doors—therefore it includes also the house in itself—it is a keystone—monopoly—Schiller's bell.

By this patient has reference to the pass key carried by the physicians. With the stereotypy "I am the main key" she solves the complex of her confinement. Here it can very well be seen how obscure her ideas as well as her expressions are; now she is the main key, now she only affirms it; likewise she is now the house, and now it belongs to her. This key, which opens everything and frees her, gives her also the occasion for the analogy with the key to heaven, which opens for her the entrance to bliss.

8. World proprietress (stereotype: "I am threefold world proprietress"): grand hotel—hotel establishment—