Faust: 398-409 Imprisoned

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Boredom drives Faust in this story. Yet, it is this boredom that is his prison. He is surrounded by old books and papers, the tools of education and science piled about collecting dust, the decaying world that he exists in. He has moved beyond the pursuits of normal man and seeks something more.

I know the struggle. Sometimes I become so bored that even the things that once entertained me become nothing in those moments. So my question to anyone who reads this is: What do you do to escape boredom? Do you seek out a thrill or wait it out in isolation? Do seek to improve yourself or do you simply lay stagnate? Have you "made your deal with the Devil" or do you keep your soul intact? 

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  1. Ty GoramOctober 23, 2017 at 10:14 PM

    To escape boredom is to just find a routine that is routine to change. The same thing can get boring after a while. Seek our a thrill if you feel like it, or don't. You don't have to "deal with the devil" to find freedom from boredom.

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  2. Will BradyOctober 23, 2017 at 10:16 PM

    I simply cultivate my little garden.

    Except no I don't, I try to keep myself too busy to get bored. Boredom is practically the ultimate evil (not really but you get the point). I have unfortunately found myself far more easily tempted when bored.

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  3. Carmen KnowlesOctober 23, 2017 at 11:42 PM

    I definitely don't know the struggle here. With so much to do and learn as an 18 year old freshman in college, I don't get bored. However, Faust has so much worldly knowledge and so much experience in life that I can see how he could become bored. I just had a thought here about a line in Parade Lost about too much knowledge making you sick. I think this is Faust in a way.

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