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==Study Questions== | ==Study Questions== | ||
1. Why does Faust feel as though he must turn to the occult? | |||
2. Explain why this is more likely to appear in a text written during the period of Romanticism than during the age of Enlightenment? | |||
3. How does the spirit feel about being summoned by Faust? | |||
4. What reason does Faust offer the spirit as to why he called it? | |||
5. How does Wagner feel about the knowledge he seeks? | |||
6. How does Faust feel about the ideas Wagner expresses? | |||
7. What advice is offered by Faust to Wagner? | |||
8. How does the Faust’s encounter with the spirit, aid in his decision to commit suicide? | |||
9. What stops Faust from drinking the poison? | |||
10. What is the significance of the line ‘certain assurance of a new covenant” (523)? | |||
==External Resources== | ==External Resources== | ||