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Faust Part II, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1832 is continuation of Faust Part I . The work can be understood as reminder system , which the Central European culture with its antique roots as well as all the style the German language represents. In contrast to the first part stand vordergruendig no longer the soul and feeling lives of individual humans phenomena social in the center, but such as history and politics. == emergence ==
Goethe worked with interruptions over 6 decades on the first part, which he had already become acquainted with in its childhood. The second part formed the principal occupation of his last years and appeared only posthumously in 1832.
== contents ==
The piece consists of five documents, which episodes relatively locked for itself represent in each case.
- I. First introduces the use paper money in the yard of the German emperor with Mephistopheles's assistance and he saves thereby the imperial finances. To the illusionary Mummenschanz it goes to the Urbildern of the life into " realm of the mothers " before it before the yard the Phantome of Helena and Paris as Urbilder of human beauty swears to. * II. The Famulus wagner created an artificial people of flax, Homunculus, that the Protagonisten to the "klassischen Walpurgisnacht" leads, in which most diverse mythologische natures and Gods of the Greek antiquity arise. * III. The third act describes Fausts relationship with Helena, with which it a son, Euphorion , has, which falls at the end of the act to death, whereupon also Helena disappears. * IV. In the fourth act fist and Mephistopheles return to the emperor, who is in the meantime in the war with a Gegenkaiser. With the help of ordered Daemonen they achieve the victory. * V. The fist of the act, costs it, what wants it, wants the bottom of the sea by drainage to make arable. Meanwhile old and blindly, he holds the being noisy spades, which dig its grave, for its workers. Finally Fausts fulfills itself fate, recognizes it nevertheless the instant, to which he could say: "Verweile nevertheless, you is in such a way schoen!" When it expresses this, it breaks down dead; its soul is saved by good powers. == effect == Fauststoff worked uncommonly inspiring for literature, music and illustration. == productions == * 2003 of Ingmar Thilo; with Antonios Safralis (fist), Raphaela Zick (Mephisto), Ulrike DOS valley (Helena), max of Friedmann (Lynceus) among other things. == literature == Gero of Wilpert: Goethe encyclopedia, Stuttgart, Kroener 1998, BooksEnthsiast.com == Web on the left of == [ http://www.digbib.org/Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe_1749/Faust_II as Webausgabe freely accessible in the digital library ] Kategorie:Literari work Kategorie:Literatur (19th Jh.) Kategorie:Literatur (German) Kategorie:Drama Kategorie:Teufel (literature) See also: Fist I, fist II Similarities for the figure fist with Johann of the Wolfgang von Goethe are obvious and in the text are designated. The novel received strong zuspruch also in the context of the HIPPI movement.
