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==Commentary== | ==Commentary== | ||
This is the first scene in which Margarete is mentioned. Gretchen represents nature. THis relationship was: "paradigmatic for Goethe's own life-long quest for knowledge, for understanding the natural world" (Bohm). | This is the first scene in which Margarete is mentioned. Gretchen represents nature. THis relationship was: "paradigmatic for Goethe's own life-long quest for knowledge, for understanding the natural world" (Bohm). | ||
Form the begining of ''Faust'': " It does not take much to identify him as a thouroughly callous" (Van Der Laan). This thought is not as strong in this scene. Faust is overtaken by Margarete and his callousness seems to fade a bit. | |||
==Study Questions== | ==Study Questions== | ||