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Relationship Between Faust And Fretchen

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Faust plays an important part on Gretchen’s change.whenFaust and Mephistopheles sneak into Gretchen’s room and Faust realizes that the feelings he has for the girl go beyond simple sexual desire. When Gretchen returns, they quickly exit, but Mephistopheles leaves behind a box of jewels. When Gretchen finds the jewels, she cannot believe that they are for her, yet she also cannot help but put them on and admire them. Faust orders Mephistopheles to have the two of them meet. Gretchen visits her neighbor, Martha, to fret over her mother's actions. After her mother seeing Gretchen’s jewels promptly took them to a priest, who could tell that they were from an evil source. Faust and Mephistopheles try to use jewelry to seduce Gretchen again Faust said “The dear girl’s sadness brings me pain. Find some jewels for her, again! Those first were not so fine, I’d say. “(2855) from now we still can see Gretchen still insist her attitude and didn’t attract by the jewelry “I’m a poor young thing he’ll find: Heavens! The gentleman’s far too kind: The jewels and trinkets aren’t mine.” (2905) …show more content…

Gretchen begins to change when Faust tries to convince he that he also believes and worships God, but she does not quite believe him. Faust convinces her to allow him to give her mother a sleeping potion, and they consummate their relationship. Under Faust’s temptation, Gretchen uses the sleeping potion killed her mother. Then when Faust comes to Gretchen's house to see her and meets Gretchen's brother, Valentine. He plunges a dagger into Valentine’s heart. When Valentine died, Gretchen to comfort he, but he regarded her as a prostitute, told her that her behavior would be cursed. Gretchen went to the cathedral to pray, the evil spirits to visit her to protect her

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