what you still have seems to be far away from your eyes, and what has passed away becomes vivid again.
Good people may be confused, but they will eventually find a smooth road.
Although a good man is driven by vague impulses, he will always realize the right path.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (August 28th, 1749—March 22nd, 1832) was born in Frankfurt am Main, a famous German thinker, writer and scientist. He is the most famous representative of Weimar's classicism. As the creator of poetry, drama and prose, he is one of the greatest German writers and an outstanding and brilliant figure in the field of world literature. In 1773, he wrote a play "Goetz von Berlichenken", which became famous in German literary circles. Young werther was published in 1774, which made him famous. In 1776, he began to serve the Weimar Principality. He finished Faust in 1831 and died in Weimar the following year.
Faust is written in the form of poetic drama. The book has 12,111 lines, and the theme is taken from the folklore about Dr. Faust in the 16th century. Faust was a real person, living in the 15th century (1998 was the five hundredth anniversary of his birth, and West Germany set up a monument for him). He is well-read and versatile. In the legend, people embellish it and say that with the help of the devil, he has created so many miracles. These legends later became creative materials that writers often used.
Faust is a character with autobiographical characteristics of the author's spirit, a typical bourgeois in the rising period of capitalism, and a representative of the whole mankind. Faust reflects the enterprising spirit of the bourgeoisie and its unique limitations. From Goethe's spiritual exploration of himself and the struggle of European intellectuals, Goethe extracted five stages, which were consistent with the enterprising spirit of exploring the true meaning of life, realizing ideals and doing something, and pushed Faust through five representative exploration stages one by one, and summarized the whole process of bourgeois intellectuals exploring life and pursuing truth in Europe since the Religious Reform. At the same time, in the process of exploration, Faust was only satisfied with personal exploration and pursued the truth in the ideological field. Once faced with realistic difficulties, he chose to escape. His ultimate rational kingdom was also based on plunder and possession, which objectively reflected the limitations and class nature of the bourgeoisie. As a representative of human beings, Faust summarized the enterprising spirit of human beings and reflected the duality of human nature. His exploration "includes all the history of human beings". Although Faust experienced setbacks, he actively explored and showed the spirit of being good. After his death, his soul was taken to heaven by God, which showed his praise for his spirit of wholeheartedly doing good. In addition, Faust's body also embodies the conflict between good and evil, spirit and flesh. On the one hand, he is not satisfied with his existing life, on the other hand, he is often addicted to fame, position and power. Although he finally got rid of the shackles of reality temptation and personal desires, the tortuous process of his arrival in the ideal world itself shows the existence of internal conflicts in his human nature. Faust's contradiction shows the complexity and authenticity of human beings, reflects the arduousness of human seeking truth and Goethe's firm belief that human beings will eventually move towards perfection.
Faust is grand in conception, complex in content, huge in structure and changeable in style. It combines realism and romanticism, and mixes true description with unrestrained imagination, contemporary life with ancient myths and legends. It is good at arranging scenes, allocating characters, being harmonious at times, satirizing and praising, diverse in forms and mottled in colors by using the method of contradiction and contrast, and has reached a very high artistic realm.