Faust written Written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Faust written Written by Johann Wolfgang von
Goethe

• Presented by Cailie Chavez, Mickey Pinell, and
  Miranda Wood

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Marlowe vs. Goethe

• Goethe based his version of Faust off of
  Marlowes version.
• Goethe started writing Faust when he was in his
  20s (born 1749-died in 1832)

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Goethes Version

• God makes a bet with the Devil (Mephistopheles)
• Faust starts a journey with Mephistopheles for
  true satisfaction
• Faust falls in love with Margarete (Gretchen)
• Margarete goes crazy after getting pregnant and
  kills her baby but is later redeemed.

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Marlowes Version

• Faust learns magic from two men (Valdes and
  Cornelius)
• Faust conjures up Mephastophilis
• Makes a 24 year compact with Lucifer to learn and
  use magic
• Faust becomes a prankster like person with his
  magic and uses it to entertain other of royal
  value.
• The moment the 24 years end, Lucifer sent devil
  to drag Faust to Hell.

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Similarities and Differences

• Differences

• Similarities (not many)

• Goethes character Wagner has no interest in
  magic
• Marlowes version has no love interest for Faust.
• Goethes version has Mephistopheles appear to
  Faust

• Taken to Hell
• Love for the super natural

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Goethes influences

• He fell in love with Anne Catharina Schoenkopf in
  1766
• His sister died in 1777
• He traveled to Italy and Rome in 1786

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The Will of the Wisp

• In the Walpurgis night scene, the Will O the
  Wisp is featured.
• He is well known in European Culture as
  specifically Germanic.
• He is rumored to be a spirit of the dead and will
  carry youre soul into the other realm.
• He was not featured in Marlowes version. Neither
  was the concept of Walpurgis Night.

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Websites we used

• http//www.sparknotes.com/lit/doctorfaustus/summar
  y.html
• http//www.online-literature.com/goethe/