Faust Goethe. Of a possible plan in 1769 to dramatize the story of the man who sold his soul to the Devil in exchange for earthly fulfillment perhaps including his ultimate redemption no firm evidence survives. Work on Faust accompanied Goethe throughout his adult life.
He tells his story in the context of an abstract pantheistic religious system and a fluid moral code that gives precedence to motives and circumstances rather than deeds as such. Work on Faust accompanied Goethe throughout his adult life. To this end Faust and Mephistopheles insinuate themselves into the Emperor s court which is currently addressing the social military and economic issues distressing the imperial.
Nietzsche builds on this idea to present a clearer more noble explanation that man needs to live on the earth.
Although rarely staged in its entirety it is the play with the largest audience numbers on German-language stages. Goethes Faust has along with Christopher Marlowes Doctor Faustus become the standard telling of the Faust legend in modern literature. Passion for learning passion for love passion for life in all its forms and facets. In the poem Faust is intended by Goethe to represent all humanity.