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=='''Summary'''==
=='''Summary'''==
Faust returns to Margarete/Gretchen.  Gretchen wants to know where Faust stands on his religious beliefs.  Faust talks his way around the question, never giving her a straight answer.  Gretchen gives into her belief that Faust is an intellectual.  "I guess what you say is all right, The priest speaks so, or pretty near"(16.3278-3279).  Gretchen tells Faust that she senses something wrong with his companion, Mephistopheles.  "It's written on his face as plain as day.  He loves no one, we're all his enemy"(16.3310-3311).  Gretchen has the ability to sense the danger in Mephistopheles but not in Faust.
=='''Notes'''==
=='''Notes'''==
=='''Commentary'''==
=='''Commentary'''==
=='''Study Questions'''==
==Study Questions==
#How should Gretchen feel about Faust?
#Is Gretchen smarter than Faust about the nature of social decorum?
#Who is to blame for Gretchen's downfall-Faust, Mephistopheles or herself?
#Why does Gretchen long so much for Faust and can sense Mephistopheles is bad?
#Is it the case that love is blind or that temptation is hard to resist?
#Why does Mephistopheles want Gretchen gone?
 
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