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The Emperor is young, pleasure-loving, and surrounded in his court by fools, fakes, and flatterers. He impulsively welcomes short-term solutions to problems that threaten to ruin his realm, like printing paper money at Faust’s suggestion, but such solutions tend to cause more problems than they resolve. After the circulation of paper money creates a false sense of prosperity in the empire, the Emperor himself neglects his responsibilities, choosing instead to lead a dissolute life of drinking and reveling.
The Emperor Quotes in Faust
The Faust quotes below are all either spoken by The Emperor or refer to The Emperor. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Part 2: Act 1: The Throne Room
Quotes
Nature and intellect are not words said to Christians.
Because such language is so dangerous
the atheist is executed at the stake.
Nature is sin, and Intellect the devil;
hermaphroditic Doubt their child
which they foster together.
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The Emperor Quotes in Faust
The Faust quotes below are all either spoken by The Emperor or refer to The Emperor. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Part 2: Act 1: The Throne Room
Quotes
Nature and intellect are not words said to Christians.
Because such language is so dangerous
the atheist is executed at the stake.
Nature is sin, and Intellect the devil;
hermaphroditic Doubt their child
which they foster together.
Related Characters:
Related Themes:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
