In summary:
I hate Wagner.
I hate Tristan by Thomas Mann on the grounds that despite thinking it is a masterpiece, it depresses me more than any other novella I can think of.
I don't particularly care what liebestod and Wagnerian leitmotifs are.
I am writing an essay drawing parallels between Wagnerian liebestod and leitmotifs and Tristan by
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