Starting from grade 11, "Faust. The Tragedy Part One" addresses concepts from three different eras while simultaneously rejecting their solutions: neither the Enlightenment with its rationally limited conception of happiness and knowledge, nor the genius-driven human image of Sturm und Drang, nor the ideal of harmony from Classicism are accepted. The desire for happiness and the eternal quest for knowledge seem irreconcilable. Everything in "Faust" calls for interpretation. This edition provides extensive explanations of language and background, as well as materials on motif, mentality, and reception history, religious philosophical foundations, and intertextual references to support students in their reading. The accompanying DVD offers excerpts from various Faust productions as well as the complete Goethe text in PDF format.