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==Commentary== | ==Commentary== | ||
'''Red line around Gretchen’s neck:''' “Symbolizes her impending execution for drowning her child” (Campbell 258). | |||
'''Freedom:''' “ Faust comes to realize that freedom in life belongs only to those who struggle and work for it daily. He discovers that freedom lies in surrendering the self so that one can more fully share in all life has to offer” (Campbell 257). | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
In "A Prison," Goethe relies on Shakespeare's tragedy [http://www.allshakespeare.com/hamlet/ Hamlet] in the representation of Gretchen's madness. Gretchen’s condition is based on that of the character Ophelia. The episode in which Gretchen imagines that she can still see her brother's blood on Faust's hand is an allusion to the scene in Shakespeare's [http://www.allshakespeare.com/macbeth/ Macbeth], in which Lady Macbeth imagines that she can see Duncan's blood on her hands. | In "A Prison," Goethe relies on Shakespeare's tragedy [http://www.allshakespeare.com/hamlet/ Hamlet] in the representation of Gretchen's madness. Gretchen’s condition is based on that of the character Ophelia. The episode in which Gretchen imagines that she can still see her brother's blood on Faust's hand is an allusion to the scene in Shakespeare's [http://www.allshakespeare.com/macbeth/ Macbeth], in which Lady Macbeth imagines that she can see Duncan's blood on her hands. | ||