Faust: Night (1): Difference between revisions

In the very first lines of the "Night" it is revealed that Faust is a learned man with multiple degrees.  He feels as though he is “cleaver than these stuffed shirts, these doctors, Masters, Jurists, Priests” (130-131). “Faust personifies [the] Romantic man yearning for emotional freedom” (Paldiel 1). During the Age of Reason, thought and the ability for the mind to control the emotions are emphasized.  Although Faust has reached what he feels like is the height of knowledge, he discloses that his “mirth’s all gone” (134) leaving him searching for more.  He remarks to Wagner that the only “the only true refreshment that exists you get from where? Yourself-where all things start.” (343-344)