Act II
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Act II is a central segment of Goethe’s dramatic poem "Faust, Part Two," in which Faust’s journey shifts into allegorical, political, and classical-mythological realms.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Act II (Faust, Part Two) | 0 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
act of a play
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segment of a dramatic poem ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| creator | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Anaxagoras
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Ants ⓘ Classical Phantoms NERFINISHED ⓘ Galatea NERFINISHED ⓘ Giant ⓘ Homunculus NERFINISHED ⓘ Nereids NERFINISHED ⓘ Proteus NERFINISHED ⓘ Pygmies ⓘ Sirens NERFINISHED ⓘ Sphinxes NERFINISHED ⓘ Thales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Act III (Faust, Part Two) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Act I (Faust, Part Two) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
allegorical drama
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philosophical drama ⓘ tragedy ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| literaryForm | dramatic poem ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Weimar Classicism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Faust
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Mephistopheles NERFINISHED ⓘ Wagner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motif |
Classical Walpurgis Night procession
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Homunculus seeking incarnation ⓘ encounter of modern and classical worlds ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | transitions Faust’s story into allegorical and mythological realms ⓘ |
| partOf |
Faust
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Faust, Part Two NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationContext | first published as part of Faust, Part Two in 1832 ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Classical Walpurgis Night
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Romanticism and Classicism tension ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Faust, Part One NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Classical Walpurgis Night
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Faust’s study ⓘ laboratory of Wagner ⓘ mythological Mediterranean world ⓘ shores of the Aegean Sea ⓘ |
| theme |
allegory
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classical mythology ⓘ creation of artificial life ⓘ history of culture ⓘ intellectual striving ⓘ limits of knowledge ⓘ politics ⓘ |
| workChronology | composed in early 19th century ⓘ |
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