"Faust" (Pg.99-122)
Faust (Prologue in Heaven)
(Pg.103-105)
- The Arch Angels: Raphael, Gabriel, and Michael are allobserving earth and people.
- Mephistopheles is displeased with earth and the people below and he expalins this to god who is not to interfere.
- Mephisytocles bets the lord that him interfereing will lead to Faust getting the soul back faster because god did not want to interfere for he thinks that then Faust will depend on him.
(Pg.105-111)
- Faust is a doctor who thinks he has slaved his life away to studies and for it he regrets it.
- Faust claims he is not afraid of the devil or hell.
- Faust begins pooring himself to a book which he calls upon a spirit which appears before him.
- He claims that hes is an equal to the ghost but the ghost refuses to be called his equal then dissapearing.
- Faust want's to know eternal truth.
(Pg.116-122)
- Faust is well respected by the people in his village.
- He is greeted by the peasants and they all sit around him while he speaks.
- While faust and his servant Wagner are on a walk a black dog appears which turns out to be a ghost.
William Blake (1757-1827): Blake was born in London and grew up around artisan and tradesman. He Made it known that kings and priests were responsible for exploiting the poor and Blake admired the devil because of the devil's disobedience. Blake was a poet who thought his poetry was best read by children.
"Song of Innocence" (Pgs. 330-341)
- The poem is about the world seen through the perspective of a child.
Introduction:
- The poem begins with a child talking and singing to himself whilewalking through avalley. He begins to sing because a child on a cloud told him to sing loud.
The Lamb
- The boy sings and describes how him and the lamb are alike because bothe were created by god.
The Little Black Boy
- A boy who is black speaks how is soul is light and talks about the shade of the clouds and how him and another english boyh are similar. His mother used to tell him One day they will dance in joy like lambs as gods creation and he will one day be by god who he says wiill love him.
The Chimney Sweeper
- This poem describes a child with no family who is in the snow and is adopted by the church. He is taught to become a priest, doing as he is told he sings and dances but the church do not care of the misery.
And Did Those Feet
- This poem describes faith and questiones if the holy lamb of god was ever seen within England. It possibly is also describing how even though people want to spread their faith and make claims it' still is an internal conflict because there is no evidence.
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von. (99-122) "Faust", The Norton Anthology World Literature Volume E.
Blake, William. (330-341) "Song of Innocence", The Norton Anthology World Literature Volume E.
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