<span><span>Beethoven often dipped his head in cold water before composing! </span>Beethoven loved cooking, so much so that he named one of his pieces "Christ! On the Mount of Olives"He was jealous that Rimsky-Korsakov wrote an opera called "Mozart and Salieri" instead of "Mozart and Beethoven"He designed one of his piano sonatas to be played with building implements and called it the "Hammer-Klavier Sonata"<span>He wrote another of his sonatas entirely at night and so called it the "Moonlight Sonata" </span><span>Beethoven's father was an alcoholic and emotionally abusive to Beethoven when Beethoven was growing up; </span><span>Beethoven's height was 5' 3" </span><span>Beethoven had unusually bad skin; </span><span>Beethoven was very temperamental and would end performances if he became aware of anyone </span><span>in the audience talking; </span><span>When
Beethoven's brother died, Beethoven bribed officials to obtain custody
of his brother's son, thus taking his nephew away from his brother's
wife; and </span><span>Beethoven's deafness was the result of lead poisoning, and lead poisoning was also the cause of </span><span>Beethoven's death. </span></span>
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literary elements of simile and metaphor helps us to establish a theme in a text by how A setting can be used to create a mood, as an integral part of the plot (creating a conflict, etc.) To bring out certain aspects of the characters, and can also be used figuratively or symbolically to hint at the story's theme.