Twilight of the Gods: Act One, Scene Three, Part Two 839-850
[T.1.3] Bruennhilde's rocky peak: Bruennhilde and Siegfried (disguised as Gunther) 839-850
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[T.1.3: H] Bruennhilde hears Siegfried’s horn, but Siegfried appears disguised as Gunther. Bruennhilde: Are you of Hell's [Nibelheim's] host? (#164) Now I see the sense of Wotan's sentence. 839-843
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[T.1.3: I] Bruennhilde threatens Siegfried with her Ring. After a futile struggle with him, Bruennhilde's resistance is deflated when he violently rips the Ring off of her finger. (#149) Her gaze unconsciously meets his. He won't recognize the Ring as his own until later. (#149) (#50) Bruennhilde, upon his command, enters her cave in dismay. 844-848
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[T.1.3: J] Siegfried draws his phallus Nothung. With the greatest unconscious irony, (#165) he calls upon it (#57) to separate him from Gunther's bride-to-be, to honor his oath to his blood-brother. 848-850
Twilight of the Gods: Act Two 851-920
Twilight of the Gods: Act Two, Scene One 851-866
[T.2.1] Gibichung Hall: Hagen and Alberich 851-866
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[T.2.1: A] Prelude of poignant melancholy which expresses Hagen's anguish at being who he is: (#166) Alberich: Are you sleeping, Hagen, my son? Be mindful of the power you'll wield if you're worthy of the mother who bore you. Hagen: (#166) I've no reason to thank her. I'm prematurely old and sad. (#37) I hate the happy and am never glad. 851-854
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[T.2.1: B] Alberich: Wotan lost his power to Siegfried. I’ve nothing more to fear from Wotan, (#19/#20a) who awaits his end among the gods. 854-855
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[T.2.1: C] Hagen: Who will inherit the immortals' power? Alberich: (#167) I, and you, will inherit the world if you haven't deceived my trust, if you share my grief and rage. The child Siegfried has won the Ring. Both Valhalla and Nibelheim bow before him. My curse grows feeble before the fearless hero, since he doesn't know or use the Ring's power. Our only recourse is Siegfried's death! Hagen: To his own destruction Siegfried serves me! (#167) 855-860
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[T.2.1: D] Alberich: If Bruennhilde ever urged Siegfried to restore the (#17/#19) Ring to the (#4) Rhinedaughters who once befooled me, no cunning would ever win it back. So don't delay! (#167) Get it back! 860-863
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[T.2.1: E] Alberich: Though not strong enough to defeat Fafner, (#167) I brought you up to feel hatred and avenge me by winning the Ring back from Wotan and Siegfried. (#20b/#151/#42) Do you swear it, Hagen, my son? Hagen: The Ring I shall have: be patient! Alberich: Do you swear it? Hagen: (#166) To myself I swear it! (#51) Silence your care! The light of dawn: (#168ab) 863-866
