Faust

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fictional character literary character protagonist scholar tragic hero

Faust is the ambitious scholar who makes a pact with the devil in Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s landmark dramatic poem, embodying the human struggle for knowledge, pleasure, and redemption.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Faust canonical 10
Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (intertextual reference) 1
Goethe’s dramatic poem Faust 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
tragic hero ⓘ
appearsIn Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil NERFINISHED ⓘ
Faust: Der Tragödie zweiter Teil NERFINISHED ⓘ
Goethe's Faust NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Gretchen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Margarete NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mephistopheles NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn Faust legend NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralConflict pact with the devil ⓘ
createdBy Johann Wolfgang von Goethe NERFINISHED ⓘ
createdIn 19th century ⓘ
culturalImpact archetype of the overreaching scholar ⓘ
origin of the term "Faustian bargain" ⓘ
firstAppearance Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre dramatic poem ⓘ
tragic drama ⓘ
hasMoralArc from despair to possible redemption ⓘ
influencedBy German folklore ⓘ
Renaissance magician legends ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName German ⓘ
literaryPeriod Weimar Classicism NERFINISHED ⓘ
makesPactWith Mephistopheles NERFINISHED ⓘ
moralQuestion possibility of redemption after grave sin ⓘ
price of limitless knowledge ⓘ
nationalityInFiction German ⓘ
notableScene Gretchen tragedy ⓘ
Walpurgis Night NERFINISHED ⓘ
study room pact scene ⓘ
occupation alchemist ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
relatedConcept Faustian bargain ⓘ
Mephistophelian pact NERFINISHED ⓘ
seeks transcendence ⓘ
ultimate knowledge ⓘ
worldly pleasure ⓘ
symbolizes modern human striving ⓘ
the conflict between desire and morality ⓘ
the quest for absolute knowledge ⓘ
theme good and evil ⓘ
redemption ⓘ
salvation ⓘ
struggle for knowledge ⓘ
temptation ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Faust, Part Two → mainCharacter → Faust ⓘ
Scenes from Goethe’s Faust → basedOn → Faust ⓘ
Scenes from Goethe’s Faust → includesCharacter → Faust ⓘ
Scenes from Goethe’s Faust → subjectMatter → Faust ⓘ
this entity surface form: Goethe’s dramatic poem Faust
Alexander Sokurov → notableWork → Faust ⓘ
Alexander Sokurov → awardReceivedForWork → Faust ⓘ
Adrian Leverkühn → relatedWork → Faust ⓘ
this entity surface form: Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (intertextual reference)
Phantom of the Paradise → inspiredBy → Faust ⓘ
John Henry Brodribb → notableWork → Faust ⓘ
Blocksberg → mentionedIn → Faust ⓘ
this entity surface form: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's "Faust"
Bayard Taylor → translatedWork → Faust ⓘ
Faustian pact → hasOriginInWork → Faust ⓘ
Faustian pact → namedAfter → Faust ⓘ