6. The position assigned to "Hermann and Dorothea"? 7. Who was the continuator of Goethe's work? I, 168. 8. What was Heine's opinion of Goethe? I, 169. 9. Was he the author of any prose works? 10. From what you read of him in I, 168-171; IV, 371 ff.; VI, 388-390; VIII, 172 ff.; do you think he belonged to the Age of Classicism or of Romanticism, or both? What conclusion do you draw from his work, its subject-matter, and its style? FROM "FAUST" 1. The selection from "Faust" includes practically the whole tragedy of Margaret's temptation, and forms a complete drama in itself. This is the central theme of the First Part of "Faust"; in the Second Part Faust saves himself from damnation by abandoning selfishness and solitude and becoming a worker for the good of humanity, at one with the world. 2. What is Faust's first purpose? 3. Mephistopheles is to be regarded either as an evil spirit or else as Faust's own baser side, endeavoring to defeat the ideals of his better self. 4. What does the character of Martha add to the drama? 5. Compare with Marlowe's "Doctor Faustus," IX, 43, ff. 6. Which is the more immediately powerful? Both are derived from a medieval tale and are related to the medieval morality plays, in which virtues and vices are represented struggling for the souls of men. Does Goethe or Marlowe come nearer to this simple form of drama in style? in spirit? FOR REFERENCE "Life of Goethe."--BIELSCHOWSKY. "Goethe and Schiller."--BOYESEN. "The World's Leading Poets."--BOYNTON. "Goethe and his Woman Friends."--CRAWFORD. "Critical and Miscellaneous Essays."--CARLYLE. "Conversations with Goethe."--ECKERMANN. "Life of Goethe."--LEWES. FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER (1759-1805) Schiller, the most beloved of German poets, was a native of the Duchy of Würtemberg. Abandoning the study of the law for that of medicine, he gave vent to his literary powers by writing the romantic drama of "The Robbers," produced in 1782. Meanwhile he had become regimental surgeon and was obliged to leave his regiment without permission in order to witness the performance. As a result he was put under arrest and involved in further trouble, fleeing at last into hiding, under a false name. Drifting through the literary centers of Germany, studying history and writing drama the while, he came in 1787 to Weimar, where he was received kindly by the duke, Goethe's patron and friend, and soon after met Goethe himself. Through the latter's influence Schiller received a post at the University of Jena as professor of history, and devoted himself to that subject; his "History of the Thirty Years' War" belongs to this period.