Faust, Part 1

Faust Part 1 (original title: Faust - der Tragödie erster Teil) is a tragic play by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, perhaps the best known version of the Faust story. The play is a closet drama, meaning that it is meant to be read rather than performed. It is Goethe's most famous work and considered by many as the greatest German work of literature of all time.

Characters

Principle Characters

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• Heinrich Faust, a scholar, sometimes said to be based on the real life Johann Georg Faust, or on Jakob Bidermann's dramatized account of the Legend of the Doctor of Paris, Cenodoxus
• Mephistopheles, devil
• Gretchen, Faust's love (known as Margaret in some English translations)
• Martha, Gretchen?s neighbour
• Valentin, Gretchen?s brother
• Wagner, a student of Faust