Scenes from Goethe's Faust (1845)

II.

SCENE IN THE LIBRARY.

CHARACTERS.
Faust.
Wagner , a Student, residing in his house.

The outline of the plot of Faust is, of course, familiar to most readers. Dr. Faustus, a distinguished scholar of the middle ages, makes a compact with the Prince of Darkness, by which he surrenders his soul to eternal punishment hereafter, on condition of renewing his youth, and being gratified in all his wishes in this world. After the dedication, and the introductory scenes, the piece opens with the appearance of Faust, or Dr. Faustus, seated in his library, — surrounded with books, and at the same time beset with cares and doubts, — the victim of weariness, disgust and despair. While he is indulging in a train of reflections on the vanity of learning and science, analogous to these sentiments, he is overheard by Wagner, a student residing in his house, who supposes him to be reciting a Greek play, and comes in to improve himself in the art of declamation. The following dialogue takes place between them.

Faust.

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Wagner

( enters ).

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Faust.

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Wagner.

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Faust.

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Wagner.

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Faust.

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Wagner.

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Faust.

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Wagner.

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Faust.

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Wagner.

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Faust.

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Wagner.

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After the retirement of Wagner, Faust relapses into his former gloom Dark and bewildering thoughts crowd upon his fancy and plunge him deeper and deeper into the "slough of Despond," in which he is engulphed, until, at length, in his agony of feeling, he resolves to shake off the burden of his miserable existence by suicide. He grasps the poisoned vial, which he has long kept ready for this purpose, and is in the act of lifting it to his lips, when his ears are saluted from without by the sound of cheerful voices singing, in several choirs, the Easter Hymn of the Catholic Liturgy, which celebrates the resurrection and ascension of the Redeemer. The several stanzas sung by the different choirs, with the reflections successively made upon them by Faust, close the scene.

Chorus of Angels.

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Faust.

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Chorus of Women.

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Chorus of Angels.

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Faust.

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Chorus of Disciples.

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Chorus of Angels.

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III

SCENE IN MARTHA'S HOUSE.

CHARACTERS.
MEPHISTOPHELES.
MARTHA.
MARGARET.

The impression made upon the mind of Faust by the incidents represented in the above scene, as expressed in his reflections, are merely momentary. He is infended as a type of frail humanity, — and as soon as the impulse to good ceases, he relapses at once into his habitual tendency to evil. In the next scene he concludes his compact with the evil Spirit,

(here personified under the name of Mephistopheles)

agreeably to the popular tradition; and having taken the form of a gay, young cavalier, sets forth, accompanied by the demon to whom he has sold himself, in quest of adventures. The scene in Martha's house occurs in this part of the play and serves as an introduction to Faust's love for Margaret, which forms the principal subject. Margaret is on a visit to the house of Martha, a married woman, in the neighborhood, whose husband is absent. Mephistopheles introduces himself by pretending to have known her husband abroad, and giving her an account of his supposed death. Faust, before obtaining a personal introduction, had already sent to Margaret through the agency of Mephistopheles, but without informing her from what quarter they came, a present of some valuable jewels to which allusion is made in the dialogue.

Mephistopheles.

enters.

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( bows respectfully to Margaret ,)

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Martha.

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Mephistopheles

aside to Martha.

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Martha,

aloud to Margaret.

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Margaret.

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Mephistopheles.

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Martha.

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Mephistopheles.

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Martha.

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Margaret.

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Mephistopheles.

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Margaret.

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Mephistopheles.

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Martha.

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Mephistopheles.

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Martha.

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Mephistopheles.

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Martha.

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Mephistopheles.

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Margaret.

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Mephistopheles.

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Margaret.

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Mephistopheles.

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Margaret.

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Mephistopheles.

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Martha.

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Mephistopheles.

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Martha.

weeping.

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Mephistopheles.

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Martha.

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Mephistopheles.

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Martha.

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Mephistopheles.

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Martha.

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Mephistopheles.

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Martha.

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Mephistopheles.

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Martha.

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Mephistopheles.

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Martha.

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Mephistopheles

( aside .)

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( To Margaret .)

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Margaret.

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Mephistopheles

— ( aside .)

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Martha.

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Mephistopheles.

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Martha.

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Mephistopheles.

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Margaret.

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Mephistopheles.

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Martha.

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( Exit Mephistopheles .)