Meaning and Expression. Anne’s music contrasts with Tom’s in a number of significant ways. Harmonically, Tom’s music was unable to escape G minor, and incapable of a full cadence in that key. Anne’s music breaks decisively with G minor, taking the music to B♭ minor where it cadences. Motivically, Tom’s music featured the neighbor note, never moving far from its starting point, and always returning to it. Anne’s music features motivic thirds, and the music gives a sense of directed motion toward melodic goals. In each of these ways, Tom is depicted as trapped, incapable of forward motion, trapped in the timeless present of the madhouse, whereas Anne offers the possibility of escape, freedom, and redemption.