Goethe’s Faust, Part One
Margaret’s salvation
In the dungeon Margaret gives herself to the judgement of God and asks the heavenly host to guard her. She refuses to treat departure with Faust as the only possible rescue. Mephistopheles declares that she is judged, but a voice from above answers that she is saved. The drama ends with that disagreement and her repeated call to Henry.
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In the sources
Principal account
LiteraryIn the dungeon Margaret gives herself to the judgement of God and asks the heavenly host to guard her. She refuses to treat departure with Faust as the only possible rescue.
Further detail
LiteraryMephistopheles declares that she is judged, but a voice from above answers that she is saved. The drama ends with that disagreement and her repeated call to Henry.
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
Judgment of God! myself to thee I giveOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Goethe’s Faust, Part One; active reader leaf 254
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- Edition
- IMJ-0088-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0088-E001-P0254
- Original scan leaf
- 255
- Recorded leaf number
- 255
- Current Reader position
- 251
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Source 2
Faust
She is savedOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Goethe’s Faust, Part One; active reader leaf 254
Exact passage checked against active scan text and original-leaf mapping; scan line breaks normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0088-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0088-E001-P0254
- Original scan leaf
- 255
- Recorded leaf number
- 255
- Current Reader position
- 251
- Reader verification
- Source-preserving update confirmed
Illustrations
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Margaret in Faust
The young woman whose encounter with Faust becomes the centre of the tragedy.
Overturns his judgementMephistopheles in Faust
The denying spirit who becomes the scholar’s companion and adversary.
Same subject and traditionFaust’s pact
The bargain whose decisive condition concerns a moment of complete satisfaction.