The drama “Faust” is long and hard to understand. Quotes from it are popular. Faust tells the story of a man who was a scientist captured by his research. But then he became disappointed in science and in life, and concluded a contract with Mephistopheles. The devil promised to help him during his lifetime, and after death to take him to him. Faust agreed.
And then his path is outlined, accompanied by Mephistopheles, who helps Faust achieve his goal - to survive life in its highest moments. Only once was put on stage during the life of the author of the play “Faust”. Quotations from it are often given.
Division of "Faust" into two parts
The author divided the work into two parts. In the first hero, he turns from an old man into a young man, full of energy, who has a goal - to change the world. Let's open the book “Faust”, just manage to rewrite quotes. The hero believes that "out of laziness a person falls into hibernation."
He is hungry for action, because he has not left his laboratory all his life. But what is he doing? First he goes to the witches, then to the dirty tavern, then seduces the unfortunate Margarita.
Scenes that everyone knows
The girl leaves the church, where she was absolved of sins, but Faust immediately said: "I will take this beloved beauty in my arms now."
If desired, quotes are pulled out from the work “Faust” like strings. The character does not even think about the immorality of his actions. And Margarita, who is only fourteen years old, a simple and pure soul, a sparkling and shimmering pearl, hidden under a rough shell, anticipates the evil.
Faced with Gretchen, Faust immediately rushes to the attack. Poor Gretchen asks herself: “What happened to me? I’m like a kid. " This is all the lyrical Goethe's Faust, quotes about love that will end tragically. After all, only Margarita loved, and she struck Faust as a phenomenon, without touching his soul. In the second part, he does not even remember her.
A small demon who pledged with God
Goethe's Mephistopheles is not Satan, but just a small northern demon. God and a cheerful carefree jester, clown Mephistopheles made Faust a toy, a subject of controversy. Will the demon be able to seduce Faust?
It turned out to be very easy. What is the perception of the demon Faust? Quotations (Mephistopheles their author) make us remember ubermensch - “superman”. This seems to be a respectful word that Nietzsche will later glorify. It was already in German with a religious meaning. But here it is derogatory: "superman." He dares to try to learn all the secrets of the universe. They cannot fit into his head. For Faust, this is a terrible experience.
Faust perceives all further as revenge for attempts of knowledge. By the way, the words “Dry theory, my friend, and the tree of life is forever green” were not said by Faust, but Mephistopheles in the laboratory of the student Faust Wagner, when he created the artificial human being Homunculos, who has intelligence.
As a result, Faust will be saved, because Goethe, as a professional lawyer, put a formula in his mouth that does not quite correspond to the contract, it is incorrect in German, and Mephistopheles cannot pick it up.
In addition, even though Faust turned into a sinful madman, completely blind, he is still saved thanks to a thin thread of women's love for him: Jungfrau, Mutter, Königin, Göttin (Virgin, Mother, Queen, Goddess) - and Divine providence, which also plays a huge role in this, for he sees that the embryo of the human remains in Faust. Moreover, Goethe really appreciates the thought: “Only he deserves happiness and freedom who every day goes to fight for them!”
And Faust is just such, although in his crazy, overactive activity, he killed many lives.