Goethe’s Faust, Part One
Margaret in Faust
Margaret refuses Faust’s first offer of an escort, saying that she can go home without his care. Her answer establishes an independent voice at their first meeting. Later, alone at her spinning wheel, she sings that her peace is gone. The relationship transforms everyday domestic life into longing, distress and a loss of steadiness.
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Principal account
LiteraryMargaret refuses Faust’s first offer of an escort, saying that she can go home without his care. Her answer establishes an independent voice at their first meeting.
Further detail
LiteraryLater, alone at her spinning wheel, she sings that her peace is gone. The relationship transforms everyday domestic life into longing, distress and a loss of steadiness.
Context & interpretation
This entry follows the character, setting or motif in Part One of Goethe’s drama as translated by Bayard Taylor. Its supernatural events and spoken claims belong to the play, rather than serving as historical biography or independently established accounts of spirits.
Original passages
Source 1
Faust
home I can go without your careOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Goethe’s Faust, Part One; active reader leaf 139
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- Edition
- IMJ-0088-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0088-E001-P0139
- Original scan leaf
- 140
- Recorded leaf number
- 140
- Current Reader position
- 136
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Source 2
Faust
My heart is soreOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Goethe’s Faust, Part One; active reader leaf 185
Exact passage checked against active scan text and original-leaf mapping; scan line breaks normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0088-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0088-E001-P0185
- Original scan leaf
- 186
- Recorded leaf number
- 186
- Current Reader position
- 182
- Reader verification
- Source-preserving update confirmed
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