Faust: Night, Open Country
Summary
Faust and Mephistopheles ride towards the prison where Gretchen is being held on black horses. They pass a gallows on which a group of witches is congregating. Faust wonders what is going on, but Mephisto urges him to keep going.
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Study Questions
(1) What is special about the horses that Mephisto and Faust ride?
(2) Where are they going?
(3)What do they pass on their way?
(4) What does Mephisto urge Faust to do as they come up upon the hill?