Goethes Faust
Goethes Faust
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" And here we have the fundamental argument of Faust : the dark strivings of the earnest modern soul under the machinations and seductions of 26 GOETHE'S FAUST.
the modern spirit of evil ; or, in other words, of the devil of an advanced period of civilization. We observe also that this modern Satan is not only not forbidden the presence of the Lord, but, like the Satan of Job, is made use of for a pur- pose he is a part of the vast plan of a beneficent God. In reality, Mephistoph- eles is only ...the obverse side of the char- acter of Faust, just as the ghost is a part of the character of Hamlet; but for the purposes of the poets it was necessary to represent them by distinct forms. To properly understand either Faust or Ham- let, this great fact of the metaphysical identity, so to speak, of the main person- ages, distinct, yet the same or parts of the same, must be borne in mind. In Job the idea is similar; but the nature of that sub- lime production did not admit of the visi- ble separate appearance of Satan in the presence of the suffering patriarch; and accordingly, though the whole argument of the Sacred Book is the struggle against Satan ; and though we continually feel what powerful assaults he is making in all that Job says, yet Satan himself, as a dis- tinct personage, except in the first two chapters nowhere appears.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
" And here we have the fundamental argument of Faust : the dark strivings of the earnest modern soul under the machinations and seductions of 26 GOETHE'S FAUST.
the modern spirit of evil ; or, in other words, of the devil of an advanced period of civilization. We observe also that this modern Satan is not only not forbidden the presence of the Lord, but, like the Satan of Job, is made use of for a pur- pose he is a part of the vast plan of a beneficent God. In reality, Mephistoph- eles is only ...the obverse side of the char- acter of Faust, just as the ghost is a part of the character of Hamlet; but for the purposes of the poets it was necessary to represent them by distinct forms. To properly understand either Faust or Ham- let, this great fact of the metaphysical identity, so to speak, of the main person- ages, distinct, yet the same or parts of the same, must be borne in mind. In Job the idea is similar; but the nature of that sub- lime production did not admit of the visi- ble separate appearance of Satan in the presence of the suffering patriarch; and accordingly, though the whole argument of the Sacred Book is the struggle against Satan ; and though we continually feel what powerful assaults he is making in all that Job says, yet Satan himself, as a dis- tinct personage, except in the first two chapters nowhere appears.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Theodore Henry Hittell to read onlineMoreLess
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