The people on the street, notably the Old Peasant, continue to praise Faust as Faust and Wagner walk by. The say things like "To hom, preserved, good health, good woll!" (64), to which Faust just says "Nay, bow yourselves to him above, / Who helps and teaches in his love" (64), meaning 'don't worship me, rather appreciate God'. Wagner comments on how lucky Faust is to have such great public celebration and fame. Faust says that he dislikes the attention by saying that "now this praise means mockery and blame" to the times he been deep in thought about how he hated such examples of human nature (65). He then speaks of his past with his father, saying how his father was "an ardent scholar, with a mind sincere, / Yet crossed with cranks and obstinate opinion" (64). As a chemist, he discovered ("descried" "The queen of beauty". When they moved to the countryside, they brought this medicine ("nostrum of this hellish sort") that revives the dead (?). Wagner says that Faust should appreciate what his father taught him, and perhaps his own son will achieve even more. Faust says that he wishes he were not bogged down by the troubles and fears of humans, and wants to be free and uplifted among beautiful nature-- "But let not mortal troubles cast their shades, / Before this hour of sweet content has run" (66). He describes in detail a natural paradise that he wishes he could induldge in, saying lines like "The streams of quenchless light I long to drink" (66). He says furthermoe that "an inborn impulse bid us rise" (66), i.e. to fly, like a bird with wings(Here, "pinion" = tooted gear.). Wagner says that he doesn't feel any such extreme fantasies of nature, and instead prefers reading. He says "I never envy birds their wings...Ah, what a different joy sweet study yields!" (67). Faust says that he has 2 desires in his heart: first, a desire for love and sensual satisfaction. The other "longs for pastures fair above" (67), as he describes above, that he calls on the spirits to "Bear [him] to beauteous life, another birth" (67). Wagner warms him not to call upon the spirits, because they would hear him and come as evil spirits-- ones that are "sharp-toothed", have "arrowy tongues", are "on evil bent", etc. (68). When Wagner asks Faust why he is staring off, Faust says that he sees a "jet-black dog" scampering among the fields. Even though Faust is suspicious, Wagner reassures him that its just an everday poodle.
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The people on the street, notably the Old Peasant, continue to praise Faust as Faust and Wagner walk by. The say things like "To hom, preserved, good health, good woll!" (64), to which Faust just says "Nay, bow yourselves to him above, / Who helps and teaches in his love" (64), meaning 'don't worship me, rather appreciate God'. Wagner comments on how lucky Faust is to have such great public celebration and fame.
Faust says that he dislikes the attention by saying that "now this praise means mockery and blame" to the times he been deep in thought about how he hated such examples of human nature (65).
He then speaks of his past with his father, saying how his father was "an ardent scholar, with a mind sincere, / Yet crossed with cranks and obstinate opinion" (64). As a chemist, he discovered ("descried" "The queen of beauty". When they moved to the countryside, they brought this medicine ("nostrum of this hellish sort") that revives the dead (?).
Wagner says that Faust should appreciate what his father taught him, and perhaps his own son will achieve even more. Faust says that he wishes he were not bogged down by the troubles and fears of humans, and wants to be free and uplifted among beautiful nature-- "But let not mortal troubles cast their shades, / Before this hour of sweet content has run" (66). He describes in detail a natural paradise that he wishes he could induldge in, saying lines like "The streams of quenchless light I long to drink" (66). He says furthermoe that "an inborn impulse bid us rise" (66), i.e. to fly, like a bird with wings(Here, "pinion" = tooted gear.).
Wagner says that he doesn't feel any such extreme fantasies of nature, and instead prefers reading. He says "I never envy birds their wings...Ah, what a different joy sweet study yields!" (67).
Faust says that he has 2 desires in his heart: first, a desire for love and sensual satisfaction. The other "longs for pastures fair above" (67), as he describes above, that he calls on the spirits to "Bear [him] to beauteous life, another birth" (67). Wagner warms him not to call upon the spirits, because they would hear him and come as evil spirits-- ones that are "sharp-toothed", have "arrowy tongues", are "on evil bent", etc. (68).
When Wagner asks Faust why he is staring off, Faust says that he sees a "jet-black dog" scampering among the fields. Even though Faust is suspicious, Wagner reassures him that its just an everday poodle.
-Sarah
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