katpause 's review for:

Faust: A Tragedy in Two Parts with the Urfaust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

2.0

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Faust reads very much like the work of a man who wants to justify the bad actions of a man that he himself relates to. Goethe obviously finds himself very clever; the constant references to history and (mainly ancient Greek and Roman) mythology make it clear. There's large sections of the play that only deal with Greek and Roman heroes and gods, which Faust doesn't even appear in. Sure, there's some fun to be had spotting all the references, but mostly it's just a drag.