Scenes from the Faust of Goethe
In Heaven, Mephistopheles bets the Lord he can corrupt Faust, who is described as striving yet erring. On the Brocken mountain, Faust and Mephistopheles witness witches' revels, encounter a pale phantom resembling Margaret, and observe a theater of dilettantes.
By Percy Bysshe Shelley · Genre: Drama, Poetry, Gothic Fiction · 7,082 words
First lines
The Lord and the Host of Heaven
Enter Three Archangels
Genres
- Drama — Named characters speak in dialogue, with stage directions marking Mephistopheles' entrance, Heaven's closing, and Faust's dance with a girl.
- Poetry — The archangels praise creation in rhymed stanzas, and the mountain scenes combine verse dialogue with songs and witches' choruses.
- Gothic Fiction — Mephistopheles receives permission to tempt Faust, witches gather on the Brocken, and Faust sees a disturbing phantom resembling Margaret with a blood-red line around her neck.
Tags
witchcraft · temptation · supernatural · mountain revels · verse drama
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- Work type: Play
- Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Drama, Poetry, Gothic Fiction
- Length: 7,082 words
- Structure: 1 section, 110 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Fairly Easy (7th Grade)
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