relativity. In Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's most influential play Faust, there is a clear depiction of the characteristic polarity between the individual and the whole, in other words, between Microcosm and Macrocosm. The play itself, so as the main character, Faust, strongly privilege the macrocosmic perspective. Faust's vision of the Macrocosm is more complex than one can comprehend, mostly, this struggle comes from the difficulties of interpretation. However, Goethe's explanation of the…
Faust is a five-act grand opera by Charles Gounod. It is based on a poem written by Johann Von Goethe who wanted to use his work as the philosophy of human life. Faust originally was a Polish legend about a doctor selling his soul to the devil to experience the pleasures of life. Taking the idea of legend, Goethe transformed it to a poem, which he used to make connections about philosophy and religion. Around this time many literary, musical, and pantomimes were released depicting the legend…
fresh new story. Goethe’s Faust, for example has very similar ideas to those contemporary ideas of “Breaking Bad”. The similarities between such a contemporary story, like “Breaking Bad”, as a form of the Faust legend, and Faust by Goethe demonstrated character resemblances, similar intensions, and over all parallel themes. In Faust, the play opens with a devil by the name of Mephistopheles who makes a bet with the Lord that he will turn one of the Lord's servant to evil. Faust is just that…
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Faust, hero of one of the most durable legends in Western folklore and literature, the story of a German fortuneteller who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge and power. Faust owes his posthumous fame to the anonymous author of the first Faustbuch (1587), a collection of tales about the ancient magi—who were wise men skilled in the occult sciences—that were retold in the Middle Ages about such other reputed wizards as Merlin, Albertus Magnus, and Roger Bacon. Faust owes his…
In Goethe’s Faust we see God’s role in the angels lives, Faust life, and God’s relationship with Mephistopheles. In Things Fall Apart we see the Igbo tribes traditions in comparison with Christian life. And lastly in Candide we see philosophers search to find they explanation for how evil and a just God could exist in the same world. In each of these stories we see how differently humans view and interact with a Holy God. From Faust we see how to chase after God’s heart…
1. Between Ivan Karamazov and Nietzsche, I think that Nietzsche makes the stronger argument against religious faith. Nietzsche, in Section 2 of the Antichrist, begins by condemning Christianity by saying “Active pity for all the failures and all the weak: Christianity.” Christianity gives people hope for the failures and weaknesses by letting them slide. It doesn’t teach them that they should grow stronger from their mistakes. Instead, it tells them that failing is okay because they tried and…
1832 in Weimar. Goethe is considered to be the greatest literary figure of Germany because he is not only a poet, but is also a playwright and a novelist. Goethe's father, Johann Caspar Goethe was born to a wealthy family and his wife, Catharina Textor who was born to Frankfurt’s most senior official in Germany.(1) During his early years, Goethe’s passion was drawing but he quickly got interested in Literature, which was a field that his father wasn’t happy about because he wanted his son to…
death sentence in Goethe’s Faust and Catherine Sr.’s and Isabella’s death from fever in Brontë’s Wuthering Heights. The women have passions for passion and desires to be desired that they discover through their involvement in forbidden romantic relationships with the male protagonists. Goethe’s Gretchen acts well-behaved until she becomes tempted by the beauty of “such jewels! [A] rich array” (I.2791), and she cannot bring herself to abandon this splendor. When Gretchen learns Faust is the…
Schubert’s Gretchen Am Spinnrade was a piece from the Romantic Era that involved the piano and soloist singer. Gretchen Am Spinnrade translates to Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel. According to NPR.org, “Schubert read a story about Goethe’s Faust about a guy who sells his soul to the devil for a “swinging” lifestyle, which includes a woman Gretchen. In the story it talks about Gretchen being upset over something and she uses the spinning wheel to spin yarn.” The music translates from German and…