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10th Grade
11/19/2013

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Legend of Faust
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A German magician who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for power and knowledge.
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Mephistopheles
Definition
An evil spirit to whom Faust, in the German legend, sold his soul. He serves Faust for 24 years in exchange for soul.
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Goethe's Faust
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Play, two acts, 2nd act Faust is redeemed
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Hellenistic Ideal in relation to art
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Greek-like, idealizes art as things that are handsome and beautiful. Much of hellenistic is exaggerated beauty
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Myth of Echo and Narcissus
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echo loved her own voice, but hera (zeus's wife) punished her by taking away her voice, but she could still repeat what other people say. She falls in love with narcissus, but narcissus falls in love with his reflection in a pond where he stays until he starves to death.
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Sigmund Freud's Personality Structure
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Id: Pleasure center
Ego: Balance/conscience/empathy
Superego: other people's rules and laws
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