Faust er en serie skuespill av den tyske forfatteren Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832). Den endelige versjonen av Faust. Del I utkom i 1808, og Faust. Del II utkom posthumt i 1832. I stykket vil hovedpersonen doktor Faust utforske tilværelsens gåter og blir dratt mellom Mefistofeles og den uskyldige Gretchen, som han driver til barnemord Analysis. Faust and Mephistopheles enter an expanse of open country under an overcast sky. Faust has learned that Gretchen is miserable and despairing in prison —for killing her newborn child, Faust’s own. Speaking in prose for the first time in the drama, Faust curses the devil for concealing this from him and for attempting to distract Analysis. Faust, riding his cloud, floats onto a rugged, serrated peak. The cloud separates from him and shapes a figure in the sky resembling Helen. Just then two huge boots plump down on the peak. Mephistopheles steps down from them, and then the boots stride away without him. The devil says that mountains were formed by the sulfuric fumes Analysis. Several years have passed since the action of Part I. Faust is couched on the grass, amidst nature, trying to sleep as twilight fades to night. Small graceful Spirits hover about, singing to calm him, to ease his intense guilt, and to purge him of his sense of horror. The Spirits sing about the sacred ranks of stars, the glorious moon Critical Essays The Main Theme of Faust — A Metaphysical Quest. Despite the complicated plot and the numerous philosophical and literary digressions, a single main theme is evident throughout both parts of Faust and provides a unifying structure for the entire work. This is Faust's dissatisfaction with the finite limits on man's potential Egmont is a play by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, which he completed in 1788. Its dramaturgical structure, like that of his earlier Sturm und Drang play Götz von Berlichingen (1773), is heavily influenced by Shakespearean tragedy. [1] In contrast to the earlier work, the portrait in Egmont of the downfall of a man who trusts in the goodness of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Italian Journey, Poet, Dramatist: On September 3, 1786, Goethe slipped away from the Bohemian spa of Carlsbad and traveled as rapidly as he could by coach to the Brenner Pass and down through the South Tirol to Verona, Vicenza, and Venice in Italy. The warm autumn, the scenery around Lake Garda, and the architecture of Andrea Palladio promised to fulfill all his Summary and Analysis Part 1: Forest and Cavern. Summary. Torn by the ambivalence between his unselfish love for Gretchen and his passionate desire for her, Faust seeks the solitude of the woods for his thoughts. He is grateful for the new joy in life which his love for Gretchen has given him, but he is undergoing severe emotional pain also hdthhGp.