Gothe Faust. Faust but plays on. Enjoyment rules until Fausts emotions are stirred by a meeting with Gretchen and the tragic outcome brings Part 1 to an end.
The project dominated his intellectual life. Faust is a learned German scholar who at the beginning of the poem is disillusioned and demoralized by his inability to discover lifes true meaning. Goethe it is true was of the opinion that Faust ought to be given in French in the manner of Clement Marot.
Goethe it is true was of the opinion that Faust ought to be given in French in the manner of Clement Marot.
The supreme work of Goethes later years Faust is sometimes considered Germanys greatest contribution to world literature. This classic drama presents the story of the scholar Faust tempted into a contract with the Devil in return for a life of sensuality and power. Enjoyment rules until Fausts emotions are stirred by a meeting with Gretchen and the tragic outcome brings Part 1 to an end. Goethes masterpiece and perhaps the greatest work in German literature Faust has made the legendary German alchemist one of the central myths of the Western world.