“Dungeon”

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“Dungeon” is a scene in Goethe’s *Faust, Part One* that takes place in a prison cell where Faust and Gretchen confront the tragic consequences of their actions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional location ⓘ
literary scene ⓘ
adaptedIn opera adaptations of Faust ⓘ
various stage productions of Faust ⓘ
appearsInWork Faust, Part One ⓘ
associatedCharacterArc Faust’s confrontation with his guilt ⓘ
Gretchen’s downfall and spiritual awakening ⓘ
author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ⓘ
centralEvent Faust attempts to rescue Gretchen from prison ⓘ
Gretchen rejects escape and accepts punishment ⓘ
containsMotif divine judgment ⓘ
imprisonment ⓘ
madness ⓘ
dramaticFunction climactic confrontation between Faust and Gretchen ⓘ
emotionalTone despairing ⓘ
penitent ⓘ
tragic ⓘ
featuresCharacter Faust ⓘ
Gretchen ⓘ
Margarete ⓘ
Mephistopheles ⓘ
linked to: Méphistophélès
hasAlternativeName Kerker-Szene (Dungeon scene) in Faust, Part One ⓘ
linked to: Faust, Part One
languageOfWork German ⓘ
locationType prison ⓘ
narrativeRole culmination of Gretchen tragedy ⓘ
originalTitleLanguage German ⓘ
partOf Faust, Part One ⓘ
partOfLargerWork Faust ⓘ
linked to: Faust, Part One
sequenceInWork late scene in Faust, Part One ⓘ
setting prison cell ⓘ
textualForm dramatic dialogue ⓘ
theme consequence of actions ⓘ
guilt ⓘ
moral responsibility ⓘ
redemption ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
timePeriodInFiction late in the story of Faust, Part One ⓘ
workGenre dramatic poem ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ

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Faust, Part One → containsSection → “Dungeon” ⓘ