Goethe's Faust

Synopsis of Goethe's Faust 

Part 1

1)

Goethe's Faust is filled with a sense of loss and despair that even with all the knowledge in the world, in the end, nothing can be done.

Meanwhile, the Devil Mephistopheles appears and promises to give Faust his soul if he can satisfy him. (This was something Mephistopheles had decided in advance in an exchange with the Lord (God)).

Faust goes along with the story and uses his magic to experience many things, including rejuvenation.

2)

One day, Faust falls in love at first sight with a woman called Gretchen, and the Devil's power, Mephistopheles, unites the two.

But Gretchen had a mother who nursed him, and they did not have enough time to see each other.

So they give Gretchen's mother a sleeping pill and decide to meet her while she sleeps.

3)

However, she took the wrong dose of sleeping pills, and her mother died. Gretchen also conceives Faust's child and kills it out of poverty. (This was called infanticide, widespread in Germany at the time. It was a serious crime, of course).

Gretchen is imprisoned, but Faust breaks out with the help of the Devil, Mephistopheles.

4)

However, Gretchen is no longer sane and refuses Faust's offer to escape. Here, with the arrival of the guards and without a formal farewell, Faust and the Devil Mephistopheles leave the prison.

The first part ends here.

As a love tragedy, it is said to reflect Goethe's state of mind at the time.

Synopsis of Faust Part 2

5)

In the second part, the stage changes completely and becomes the royal palace.

Faust and the demon Mephistopheles serve the emperor and bring great wealth to the country.

In search of an incomparable beauty, Faust also travels to the borders of the infinite creators, where the pre-birth lives, and meets Helen (the beauty of Greek mythology).

6)

But Faust himself falls in love with her and loses consciousness.

The only way to cure this is to go to the world of Greek mythology. Therefore, he pursued Helen in mythology (the world of mythology is not explicitly stated in work, it is only said that he went to Greece).

Later, Faust meets Helen again and has a boy (the original book and Faust are the same except that Helen has a child). The boy dies, and the dream world disappears.

7)

At the end of the story, the stage shifts to the real world of Germany, where the emperor above wins a coup and receives land in the sea as a reward.

Faust tries to reclaim this land, build dikes and confront the incredible power of the "sea".

8)

Things go smoothly, but he accidentally kills an old couple living in a house that has not been evicted from the nearby land and a traveller who happens to be there. (Faust orders the eviction, and the demon Mephistopheles carries out the murder. However, the accidental aspect is vital).

9)

"Sorrow" (a character with honest dialogue. Appears as a grey woman), who has come out of the house, blinds Faust.

While the demon Mephistopheles are digging the older adults' graves, counting the days until he can finally take his soul to hell, Faust misunderstands it as the sound of farmers working hard on the land and tells the Devil Mephistopheles about it.

Faust also mentions creating a swamp drain, making the landfill safe, and inviting people to live in it as a paradise.

10)

A safe land without the threat of the sea. Faust arrives at the supreme wisdom of wisdom: "Those who have to fight every day for freedom and life deserve to enjoy freedom and life".

In the open country, they were inhabited by industrious people. Live with free people in a free land. Dreaming of this scene, he feels satisfied and dies under the promise of the Devil, Mephistopheles.

11)

Faust's perseverance and zeal are found, and his soul escapes the demon Mephistopheles, ascends to heaven and is reunited with Gretchen.

This ends the story.