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| ==Brief Summary== | | ==Brief Summary== |
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| On Walpurgis Night, Where witches and devils gather to celebrate the witches Sabbath, Faust sees a phantom that reminds him of Gretchen with a thin red line around her neck. Soon after, Faust learns that Gretchen has been put in prison for murdering her newborn child. He then denounces Mephisto and prays to God. He commands Mephisto to take him to Gretchen so he can free her. When they arrive at her jail cell they find Gretchen insane, but she is overjoyed when she sees Faust. However, screams in horror when she sets her eyes on Mephisto. Faust pleas with her to leave with him but she won’t. Mephisto says that she is a lost cause and that Faust should leaver her to die. As they are leaving Gretchen is hanged and an angel’s voice calls out that her soul has been saved.
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| ==Commentary== | | ==Commentary== |
| '''Red line around Gretchen’s neck:''' “Symbolizes her impending execution for drowning her child” (Campbell 258).
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| '''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).
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| *[http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/hum_303/faust.html Study guide and Character Analysis] | | *[http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/hum_303/faust.html Study guide and Character Analysis] |
| *[http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/barrons/faust12.asp Pink Monkey Notes on Faust] | | *[http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/barrons/faust12.asp Pink Monkey Notes on Faust] |
| *Campbell, John. The Book of Great Books. New York: Metrobooks, 1997
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