Faust
Faust The play Faust has characteristics that make it both an Enlightenment and Romantic text. Faust is a play that contains the struggle with individual and social conflict. ... “Faust” moves toward this time period with Faust himself struggling with inner conflict and social conflict. ... The only part in the play that one could argue that Faust is redeemable is at the end when he wants to go to the prison to get Gretchen out. ... How can Faust be considered redeemable after leaving poor Gretchen to take the fall for his wrong doing also? ... Faust has no passion for rightness, because he should have stayed and taken the fall with her.