Faust is fed up with his seemingly ceaseless quest for knowledge, and decides to kill himself. He makes a really big deal about drinking down the poison that will serve as his method of suicide. At the end of his long monologue, he lifts the chalice to his mouth and says "I choose, clear eyed, the draught of my own preparing, to drink my last" (55). But just as he is about to commit the deed, a chorus is heard. Fasut listens, enchanted by the "blissful tone" (55) and "heavenly sounds" (56). It is Easter morning, and the mass has just begin. Several choruses sing "Christ has risen"! (55) and of the story of the Lord returning from the dead after his crucification. This keeps Faust from killing himself. Then, the setting switches to the street outside where there are many people walking around. A group of them stop to talk, and discuss going to the "huntsman's hostel up the hill" to "visit" with some "wenches who will give you a good time"(58).
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Faust is fed up with his seemingly ceaseless quest for knowledge, and decides to kill himself. He makes a really big deal about drinking down the poison that will serve as his method of suicide. At the end of his long monologue, he lifts the chalice to his mouth and says "I choose, clear eyed, the draught of my own preparing, to drink my last" (55). But just as he is about to commit the deed, a chorus is heard. Fasut listens, enchanted by the "blissful tone" (55) and "heavenly sounds" (56). It is Easter morning, and the mass has just begin. Several choruses sing "Christ has risen"! (55) and of the story of the Lord returning from the dead after his crucification. This keeps Faust from killing himself. Then, the setting switches to the street outside where there are many people walking around. A group of them stop to talk, and discuss going to the "huntsman's hostel up the hill" to "visit" with some "wenches who will give you a good time"(58).
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