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==Commentary== | ==Commentary== | ||
On the one hand, Faust, though at first rejuvenated, is subject to the laws of maturing and aging (Dieckmann 21). This has no effect on Gretchen's love for him. It seems to me that Faust is an old man | On the one hand, Faust, though at first rejuvenated, is subject to the laws of maturing and aging (Dieckmann 21). This has no effect on Gretchen's love for him. It seems to me that Faust is an old man butis still able to munipulate her into loving him. Both Faust and Don Juan have benefited from an increasing sujectivity and individualism, and hence an increasing relativity in matters of morals, in modern times (Smeed 194). | ||
==Questions== | ==Questions== | ||