The Dichotomy Of Gretchen in Faust by Johann Goethe

In John Goethe's play Faust, Gretchen's role encompasses the extreme aspects of the Virgin Mary and Eve. Mary is a symbol of a human mother and is a pure woman to save men. She has no evil at all. In contrast, Eve is a typical image of the fallen woman, cause of male pain and curse. She symbolizes death, destruction and human degradation. Eve is the opposite of Mary, and these two prototypes correspond to both sides of Gretchen's characters.

Faust: a character defined by his interactive character. In the first part of 'Faust' by John Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust is a famous person of self-induced tragedy. Characters such as Mephistopholes, Wagner, Gretchen, etc. suggest the emotions, impulses, needs, and desires that many people may face in their lifetime. Goethe's story about Faust shows an interesting path that people can go to in common. This story appeals to everyone who reads it. It shows that loneliness and unreal emotions are eternal and come in many forms. Desire is shaped by Gretchen, Mephisto's temptation and Wagner's past. Each character is comically depicting fragments of Faust puzzle. All these stories look like very complex fairy tales

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe wrote one of the most amazing pieces of German literary Faust. The first half was issued in 1808, the second half was published in 1832. The protagonists Faust (scholar and Necromancer) and the devil (represented by Mephistopheles) agreed to promise Faust 's infinite knowledge, strength, and enjoyment of life. In Goethe Faust, Faust was taken to heaven at the request of Gretchen. In other versions of Faust his soul was brought to hell by Mephistopheles