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Gretchen seems to have good morals and a strong christian belief. But despite her morals Dieckmann states, "In contrast to her sentimental lover, she is , in Schiller's sense, "naive."(Dieckmann 53). She is in a sense forced into Faust strange belief system. | Gretchen seems to have good morals and a strong christian belief. But despite her morals Dieckmann states, "In contrast to her sentimental lover, she is , in Schiller's sense, "naive."(Dieckmann 53). She is in a sense forced into Faust strange belief system. | ||
Her life has been circumscribed but 'natural'- at least if compared to Faust's(Smeed 63). | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||