Faust written
Written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Presented by: Cailie Chavez, Mickey
Pinell, and Miranda Wood
Marlowe vs. Goethe
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Goethe based his version of Faust off of
Marlowe’s version.
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Goethe started writing Faust when he
was in his 20’s (born 1749-died in 1832)
Goethe’s 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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Marlowe’s Version
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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.
Similarities and Differences
Differences
 Goethe’s character
Wagner has no interest in
magic
 Marlowe’s version has no
love interest for Faust.
 Goethe’s version has
Mephistopheles appear to
Faust
Similarities (not many)
 Taken to Hell
 Love for the super natural
Goethe’s 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 you’re soul into the other
realm.
 He was not featured in Marlowe’s version.
Neither was the concept of Walpurgis
Night.
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Websites we used
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/doctorfaust
us/summary.html
 http://www.online-literature.com/goethe/
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