Faust: A Street (1) - Revision history

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Notes

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	The scene starts out with Faust trying to "pick-up" Margarete; " Pretty lady, here's my arm, Would you allow me to see you home?" (576, 2397-2438). He has just come form the Witch's Kitchen where he drank a "potion" that made him younger and awoke his libido. Faust is head over heels for Margarete and wants to shower her with presents. Faust tells Mephisto to get him Margarete.		The scene starts out with Faust trying to "pick-up" Margarete; " Pretty lady, here's my arm, Would you allow me to see you home?" (576, 2397-2438). He has just come form the Witch's Kitchen where he drank a "potion" that made him younger and awoke his libido. Faust is head over heels for Margarete and wants to shower her with presents. Faust tells Mephisto to get him Margarete. It is aware that Faust wants a friendship with Margarete: " he wanted to penetrate her heart as into a close friend" (Champagne).

	Billet doux (577, 24430)- love letters.		Billet doux (577, 24430)- love letters.

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Commentary

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	This is the first scene in which Margarete is mentioned. Gretchen represents nature. THis relationship was: "paradigmatic for Goethe's own life-long quest for knowledge, for understanding the natural world" (Bohm).		This is the first scene in which Margarete is mentioned. Gretchen represents nature. THis relationship was: "paradigmatic for Goethe's own life-long quest for knowledge, for understanding the natural world" (Bohm).

			Form the begining of ''Faust'': " It does not take much to identify him as a thouroughly callous" (Van Der Laan). This thought is not as strong in this scene. Faust is overtaken by Margarete and his callousness seems to fade a bit.

	==Study Questions==		==Study Questions==

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Notes

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	The scene starts out with Faust trying to "pick-up" Margarete; " Pretty lady, here's my arm, Would you allow me to see you home?" (576, 2397-2438). He has just come form the Witch's Kitchen where he drank a "potion" that made him younger and awoke his libido. Faust is head over heels for Margarete and wants to shower her with presents.		The scene starts out with Faust trying to "pick-up" Margarete; " Pretty lady, here's my arm, Would you allow me to see you home?" (576, 2397-2438). He has just come form the Witch's Kitchen where he drank a "potion" that made him younger and awoke his libido. Faust is head over heels for Margarete and wants to shower her with presents. Faust tells Mephisto to get him Margarete.

	Billet doux (577, 24430)- love letters.		Billet doux (577, 24430)- love letters.

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Summary

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	Faust sees Margarete walking down the street after see leaves confession.. He offers to walk with her, but she refuses. Faust tell Mephistopheles to get him Margarete.		Faust sees Margarete walking down the street after see leaves confession. He offers to walk with her, but "she refuses to let him escort her home"(Barbler). Faust tell Mephistopheles to get him Margarete.

	==Notes==		==Notes==

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Commentary

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	==Commentary==		==Commentary==
			This is the first scene in which Margarete is mentioned. Gretchen represents nature. THis relationship was: "paradigmatic for Goethe's own life-long quest for knowledge, for understanding the natural world" (Bohm).

	==Study Questions==		==Study Questions==
	1. What are Faust's intentions when he asks if he can see Margarete home?		1. What are Faust's intentions when he asks if he can see Margarete home?

2006-03-02T22:09:51Z

Notes

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
			The scene starts out with Faust trying to "pick-up" Margarete; " Pretty lady, here's my arm, Would you allow me to see you home?" (576, 2397-2438). He has just come form the Witch's Kitchen where he drank a "potion" that made him younger and awoke his libido. Faust is head over heels for Margarete and wants to shower her with presents.

			Billet doux (577, 24430)- love letters.

	==Commentary==		==Commentary==
	==Study Questions==		==Study Questions==

2006-03-02T22:00:39Z

Works Cited

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	==Works Cited==		==Works Cited==
	Barbler, Jules & Carre, Michel. Fasut. ''Opera News''. (2005)		Barbler, Jules & Carre, Michel. Fasut. ''Opera News''. (2005)
	Bohm, Arnd. ''Goethe'' and Patriarchy: ''Faust'' and the Fates of Desire. ''Seminar--A Journal of Germanic Studies''. (2005).
	Champagne, Roland A. An Etical Model in a Postmodern ''Faust'': The Daemonic Parody of the Politics of Friendship in Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus. ''Style''. (2000)		Bohm, Arnd. ''Goethe'' and Patriarchy: ''Faust'' and the Fates of Desire. ''Seminar--A Journal of Germanic Studies''. (2005).
	Van Der Laan, J.M. ''Faust's'' Divided Self and Moral Inertia. ''Monatshefte''. (1999).
			Champagne, Roland A. An Etical Model in a Postmodern ''Faust'': The Daemonic Parody of the Politics of Friendship in Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus. ''Style''. (2000)

			Van Der Laan, J.M. ''Faust's'' Divided Self and Moral Inertia. ''Monatshefte''. (1999).

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Study Questions

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	==Commentary==		==Commentary==
	==Study Questions==		==Study Questions==
	1. What are Faust's intentions when he asks if he can see Margarete home?		1. What are Faust's intentions when he asks if he can see Margarete home?
	2. Why does Faust act towards Margarete and why does he act this way?
	3. What does Fasut tell Mephisto about Margarete?		2. Why does Faust act towards Margarete and why does he act this way?
	4. Why does Faust go to Margarete's room?
			3. What does Fasut tell Mephisto about Margarete?

			4. Why does Faust go to Margarete's room?

	==External Resources==		==External Resources==

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Works Cited

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	==Works Cited==		==Works Cited==
			Barbler, Jules & Carre, Michel. Fasut. ''Opera News''. (2005)
			Bohm, Arnd. ''Goethe'' and Patriarchy: ''Faust'' and the Fates of Desire. ''Seminar--A Journal of Germanic Studies''. (2005).
			Champagne, Roland A. An Etical Model in a Postmodern ''Faust'': The Daemonic Parody of the Politics of Friendship in Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus. ''Style''. (2000)
			Van Der Laan, J.M. ''Faust's'' Divided Self and Moral Inertia. ''Monatshefte''. (1999).

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External Resources

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	==External Resources==		==External Resources==
			* [http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/hum_303/faust.html Study Guide for Goethe's <i>Faust</i>]

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