Play · 1808/1832
Faust
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy
Play · 1808/1832 · German · Romantic
Faust
A scholar wagers his soul on the promise that he will never say 'stay, thou art so fair'.
TragedyVerse dramaKnowledgeDesireDamnationStriving
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How to read it
Part One is the Gretchen tragedy — seduction and infanticide; Part Two is a cosmic masque. Together: modernity's appetite as both engine and crime.
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