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In these lines Faust is talking about why he is unhappy. He has read and studied all that people have been able to give up to that certain point. Faust talks of all the degrees he has recieved and all the students he has taught over the years. After all of these accomplishments he feels there is nothing more he can learn and feels he is left with nothing. "A dog wouldn't put up with this life!"(l. 140) This is when Faust begins to want to use magic to further his studies to find something more gratifying. | In these lines Faust is talking about why he is unhappy. He has read and studied all that people have been able to give up to that certain point. Faust talks of all the degrees he has recieved and all the students he has taught over the years. After all of these accomplishments he feels there is nothing more he can learn and feels he is left with nothing. "A dog wouldn't put up with this life!"(l. 140) This is when Faust begins to want to use magic to further his studies to find something more gratifying. | ||
===Lines 494-583=== | |||
Faust is now on the verge of commiting suicide. The only thing that keeps him from not drinking the poison is when a chorus of angels begins to sing. When Faust thinks about Easter he then gets flashbacks of his childhood when he was happy. Just as Easter was the rebirth of Christ, it is also Faust's rebirth and gives him a reason to go on. | |||
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