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"Everything that creates the yearning to escape from the monotony of daily life is romantic" (Walzel 3). | "Everything that creates the yearning to escape from the monotony of daily life is romantic" (Walzel 3). | ||
Faust's Study 1 is important to the rest of the story because this is where he invokes Mephisto into his home. Mephisto is disguised as a poodle, a black poodle. The meeting of the dog forshadows the | Faust's Study 1 is important to the rest of the story because this is where he invokes Mephisto into his home. Mephisto is disguised as a poodle, a black poodle. The meeting of the dog forshadows the rest of the story when Faust says "I think I see him winding a magic snare, quietly, around our feet, a noose which he'll pull tight in the future, when the time is right" (543 l.935-938). | ||
==Study Questions== | ==Study Questions== | ||