Alberich has fashioned a ring from the Rheingold, which, foretold by the prophecy, makes him all-powerful, and a trifle megalomanical. When you are godlike, it can be tempting to insert your facial countenance into old Western Lash LaRue-like movie posters, well, just because you can. Alberich has used the powers of the ring to enslave minions of office workers, to do his endless bidding. Loge, dressed as a no-nonsense businessman, enters from stage left, 'descending' from a pair of rolling ladders. This is not truly a Dante-esque version of hell, but for the enslaved office workers with only fetid water in the water cooler, and very short lunches, it might as well be. Loge, playing on Alberich's ego, tricks Alberich into turning himself into a helpless toad, whom he grabs and takes back to Wotan, in order to make Alberich give up the Rheingold.
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