Vulgar words in The Faust-Legend and Goethe's 'Faust' (Page 1)
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~ ~ ~ Sentence 265 ~ ~ ~
Possibly he had to consult the taste of his public in introducing such a large ingredient of this buffoon element--taken from what I called the Münchhausen portion of the old legend.
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In these Puppenspiele (puppet-shows) the comic element largely prevails and is kept up by the comic figure Kasperle, a buffoon or 'Hanswurst' of the same character as the Italian Pulcinella, the progenitor of our English 'Punch.'
~ ~ ~ Sentence 973 ~ ~ ~
Idlers, parasites, toadies, club-frequenters and diners-out are there in the masks of court-fools, and buffoons.