Act V

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Act V is the final section of Goethe’s "Faust, Part Two," in which the drama reaches its spiritual and philosophical climax and Faust’s ultimate fate is decided.

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Act V canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf section of a play ⓘ
author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ⓘ
concludesArcOf Faust’s spiritual development ⓘ
concludesWork Faust, Part Two ⓘ
containsEvent Faust’s grand land‑reclamation project ⓘ
Faust’s salvation ⓘ
attempt by Mephistopheles to claim Faust’s soul ⓘ
death of Faust ⓘ
intervention of angels ⓘ
mystical chorus in the final scene ⓘ
containsMottoOrLine Das Ewig-Weibliche zieht uns hinan. ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
hasMainCharacter Blessed Boys ⓘ
Doctor Marianus ⓘ
Faust ⓘ
Mater Gloriosa ⓘ
Mephistopheles ⓘ
linked to: Méphistophélès

Pater Seraphicus ⓘ
linked to: Seraphic Father

angels ⓘ
hasSection higher and highest heavenly regions ⓘ
mountain gorges ⓘ
open landscape near Faust’s palace ⓘ
hasTheme grace ⓘ
human striving ⓘ
redemption ⓘ
salvation ⓘ
spiritual transcendence ⓘ
the afterlife ⓘ
the limits of power ⓘ
language German ⓘ
literaryForm verse drama ⓘ
literaryPeriod Weimar Classicism ⓘ
narrativeFunction resolution of Faust’s fate ⓘ
spiritual climax of Faust, Part Two ⓘ
partOf Faust ⓘ
Faust, Part Two ⓘ
philosophicalFocus relationship between human striving and divine grace ⓘ
resolution of the Faustian bargain ⓘ
positionInWork fifth act ⓘ
final act ⓘ
relatedWork Act I (Faust, Part Two) ⓘ
linked to: Faust, Part Two

Act II (Faust, Part Two) ⓘ
linked to: Faust, Part Two

Act III (Faust, Part Two) ⓘ
linked to: Faust, Part Two

Act IV (Faust, Part Two) ⓘ
linked to: Faust, Part Two
setting Faust’s later years ⓘ
coastal land to be reclaimed from the sea ⓘ
heavenly spheres ⓘ
workChronology follows Act IV (Faust, Part Two) ⓘ
precedes no further act ⓘ

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