Goethe In Faust And Shelley In Frankenstein: Still The Wretched Fools They Were Before
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Goethe in Faust and Shelley in Frankenstein: Still the Wretched Fools They Were
Goethe in Faust and Shelley in Frankenstein, wrap their stories around
two men whose mental and physical actions parallel one another. Both stories
deal with characters, who strive to be the übermensch in their world. ....
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knowledge. Through years of hard study, Faust becomes knowledgeable in math,
sciences and religion and yet he becomes inept and incapable of having any
romantic or physical relationships with the outside world. As Faust strives to
become the "over man" through knowledge, he realizes that books will not
satisfy his curiosity and that maybe sensual pleasures will. Therefore, in
the process of creating his new life, Faust, becomes distant and unconcerned
with all reality and humanity arou ....
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