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At Faust first encounter with Margarete, he is immediately drawn to her. He speaks to her in a way that a man would speak to a woman, rather than a man to a child. Margarete is immediately taken by him, in the fact that he would do such a thing. | At Faust first encounter with Margarete, he is immediately drawn to her. He speaks to her in a way that a man would speak to a woman, rather than a man to a child. Margarete is immediately taken by him, in the fact that he would do such a thing. Faust being the older gentleman and she the child. Immediate attraction takes place on Margarete’s part. Margarete tells Faust this by saying, “In my heart that began to make me change my view, But indeed I was angry with myself because I could not be angrier with you”(Macneice 99). Faust falls deeper in love with Margarete and becomes even more infatuated with her. | ||
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Revision as of 19:30, 25 February 2006
Summary
At Faust first encounter with Margarete, he is immediately drawn to her. He speaks to her in a way that a man would speak to a woman, rather than a man to a child. Margarete is immediately taken by him, in the fact that he would do such a thing. Faust being the older gentleman and she the child. Immediate attraction takes place on Margarete’s part. Margarete tells Faust this by saying, “In my heart that began to make me change my view, But indeed I was angry with myself because I could not be angrier with you”(Macneice 99). Faust falls deeper in love with Margarete and becomes even more infatuated with her.
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Work Cited
Faust Summary, Commentary, Notes
Dieckmann, Liselotte. Goethe’s Faust: A Critical Reading. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1972.
Macneice, Louis. Goethe’s Faust. New York: Oxford UP, 1971.
Smeed, J.W. Faust in Literature. New York: Oxford UP, 1971.