JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

German poet, novelist and playwright, founder of German literature of modern times. Headed the Romantic literary movement "Sturm und Drang. " The author of the biographical novel "The Sorrows of Young Werther" (1774). Vertex creation of Goethe - the tragedy of "Faust" (1808-1832). Visiting Italy (1786-1788) inspired him to create the classic dramas, "Iphigenia in Tauride" (1787), "Torquato Tasso" (1790). First Minister Saxe-Weimar Duchy (1775-1785). Author of book "Poetry and Truth" (published 1811-1833), "Years of teaching Wilhelm Meister" (1795-1796), "Years of Wanderings of Wilhelm Meister (1821-1829), a collection of lyrical poems, West-Eastern Divan" ( 1814-1819), etc.

Goethe was known as the greatest admirer of women in literary history, he had many mistresses.

Good, beautiful, brilliant . . . In addition, he is very susceptible. And because the sun German poetry, no matter where it recorded the fate, always appearing in public cute girlfriend. The woman was his ideal, a beacon, in verse. And this star is shining to him from his youth until his death.

First love of the poet is Gretchen. However, some biographers and commentators argue that it was just a young fruit of the imagination. She pursued Goethe in his youth, accompanied by his dreams in adulthood, was his muse in his old age, embodied in the end the image of a charming Faustian Gretchen, better and more attractive of the heroines of Goethe. However, the mother of the poet thought of Gretchen as a first love of her son, and in his autobiography, Goethe described in detail his love . . .

Once the young Wolfgang met by cheerful young people. Money for the revelry, they extracted a very unusual way: forged bills, so the order found in the poems for different occasions: weddings, funerals and m n.

At one of these parties and Goethe met with a charming blonde named Gretchen. It was his senior year and a half and generously accepting the worship of a young poet, nevertheless did not allow him any liberties.

At one feast cheerful company stayed on past midnight. Goethe, fearing the wrath of his father, decided not to return home, and stayed with friends. They spent time in conversation, until sleep overcame not one after the other. Fell asleep and Gretchen, putting pretty little head on the shoulder of her partner, who proudly and happily sat there, trying not to move. Gretchen in the morning was more than friendly with the poet and even gently pressed his hand. It seemed that nothing would prevent the convergence of young people, when police found out about the antics of a merry company. Began an inquiry, followed by questioning.

Gretchen said that really met Goethe, and not without pleasure, but always looked upon him as a child and treated him like a sister to her brother. Wolfgang has been outraged to the depths. At fifteen, he considered himself a real man, not a boy, whom look down! Goethe was crying, angry, furious and, of course, tore out his heart the woman, "so cruelly mocked his heartfelt feelings!

But as a passing fad of youth! If Wolfgang Goethe at the time of his first love was told that it would soon forget his charming Gretchen and give her a warm heart the other girl, as beautiful, but even closer in spirit, he would have abhorred. Yet two years later, when Goethe had already studied in Leipzig, is exactly what happened.

In the house of an innkeeper Shenkopfa gathered for the table d'hote group of young people, among whom was Goethe. The host and hostess are very nice people, were seated immediately, and their lovely daughter was busy in the kitchen and serve guests wine. This was Anna-Katerina, or simply Kethen that Goethe in his early collections calling it Annchen, then Annette.

On the exterior of a 19-year old girl can be judged by the letter Horn, a friend of Goethe. "Imagine a girl - he wrote - a good but not very tall, with a round, pleasant, though not particularly beautiful face, with a lively, lovely, charming manners. There are many simple and not a drop of coquetry. Besides, she is intelligent, although it has not received a good education. He loves it and loves the pure love an honest man, though, and knows that she can never be his wife. " Kethen not remain indifferent to the feelings of the young poet, and answered him in return.

And suddenly, Wolfgang began furiously jealous of the girl, and completely unfounded. In the end Kethen tired insulting her dignity suspicions, and she left Goethe and never to him did not return. The poet was trying to regain its position, but - without success. Just after the break Goethe understood how much he loved this girl.

Severe mental anguish caused him to seek oblivion in the wine and orgies, which he thoroughly undermined his health. To restore power, Goethe left home to Frankfurt, but the image of a charming girl pursued him there. Two years after the break, he learned that Kethen married, and his good friend, Dr. Kanne, future vice-mayor of Leipzig. The shock was so great that the poet opened pulmonary hemorrhage. Wolfgang wrote to his beloved touching letter, which promised to go away and to forget her, warning that she should not answer him. But in the noble impulse of self-sacrifice in his heart awakened regrets about the lost happiness, and the pen has brought sad and heartfelt line: "You are my happiness!" You are the only women that I could not call a friend, because that word is too weak in comparison to what I feel. "

The fruit of love Goethe to Kethen became pastoral "Caprice in love. " In its heroes, spending time in incessant quarrels, easy to learn and Goethe Kethen. Subjects for his works often served as the events of his life. A great poet once said: "All my work - only excerpts of the great confession of my life. "

When Goethe's recovered, he was sent to Strasbourg to study law. Strasbourg was a fun city, and soon forgot about Goethe Kethen. In this city a lot of dancing, even under the open sky, and Goethe could not help but succumb to the universal passion. He began taking lessons at a local dancing master, who had two daughters - Lyutsinda and Emilia. After the first lesson was that Goethe fell in love with Emily, and Lyutsinda loved Goethe.

Alas, Emily loved another, so that Goethe did not have to count on reciprocity. Meanwhile Lyutsinda, like a true Frenchwoman, did not hide his feelings and often reproached Goethe that her heart is neglected.

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One day she went to the fortuneteller. Map shows that she does not use the location of the person to whom a weakness. Lyutsinda pale, and a fortune teller, guessing what it was talking about some kind of letter, but she interrupted her saying: "No letter, I have not received, and if it is true that I love, then it is also true that I deserve reciprocity. " She ran away in tears. Goethe Emily ran after her, but she locked the door, and no request could not compel her to open the door.

Emilia invited Goethe to stop dancing lessons and frankly confessed to him that she loves another and is associated with a word. Emily also said that Goethe goes nobly, if you leave their house, as she begins to feed him sympathy, and this can have bad consequences. Succumbing to bitter necessity, Goethe withdrew.

Among the numerous novels and experienced a great poet, his relationship with his daughter zozengeymskogo pastor Brion, Friederike, deserves special attention.

Goethe was twenty-four years older than the good, poetic Frederic. He got into Zozengeym chance and felt a sense of wonder, mingled with admiration, when in a modest house zozengeymskogo pastor appeared before him, shining a chaste beauty, little Frederick. She was in a short skirt and a black apron, her eyes shining, slightly upturned nose as if asking what the stranger who appeared out of the bustling city in their sleepy village, where everything is peaceful and just where people live as their ancestors lived. And the stranger answered her. But it was for the reply! The passion flowed from his lips, inspiration shone in his eyes. The girl fixed her eyes on his beautiful face, she eagerly caught every word, trying to remember every gesture. Still, after talking to her great Goethe!

On the first day he fell passionately in love, and his heart beat uneasily at the thought that she might already be loved, perhaps even engaged. Fortunately, Frederick, like a spring flower, was just beginning to live and lunging towards the one who first stretch out his hand to her . . .

The next day, young men were walking together. How many words were said during those moments! Then they listened to the preaching pastor at the church. And then, in the afternoon when the air rang with voices of their friends, how eagerly it was a touch of their lips during the game, but warmed inner flame! Secret kiss this . . . And the next day for departure to Frankfurt. He left almost as a bride, though the engagement was not, because the first meeting between Goethe with his lover and the supreme moment of his amorous rapture took only two days!

The history of European literature owes much to a poor village girl, instilling a strong sense of one of the greatest of its representatives. For Goethe, after his meeting with Frederick the world began to play with new colors. The significance of this was especially great that since the sad story of Kethen he almost broke up with his muse. After a meeting with Frederick he woke up craving for creativity.

Unfortunately, the end of an affair with Frederic little resemblance to its beginning. Goethe did not marry her, though in fact, already regarded as her fiance. The daughter of a poor pastor could not marry her son eminent citizen of Frankfort, who never would have given consent to the marriage. And Goethe himself realized this, when the family pastor came to Strasbourg. If in the village of Frederic seemed forest flower, or nymph, in a city where she would have to live by marrying Goethe, she looked like a simple peasant girl.

He continued to love her, missed her, but was clearly aware, separation is inevitable. Frederic has remained faithful to Goethe to the last days of his life. Despite numerous proposals, she never married. "Who was the love of Goethe, - once said Frederick to his sister - can not love anybody else. "

After parting with her and wanting to stifle the soul of bad feelings, Goethe tried to find solace in the work, wrote many works, including the acclaimed "Goetz von Berlihingena, immediately placed its author at the head direction, known in literary history as the" Sturm und Drang . Then he sketched a plan of "Prometheus" and "Faust", immortalized his name. To forget the image of his girlfriend, he immersed himself in the study of antiquity, which is also reflected in his works.

From May to September 1772 Goethe passed law practice in the Imperial Court of Justice in Wetzlar. Wolfgang once passed for a philosopher, and conquered all his sharp mind. Beautiful girls sought his acquaintance. In Wetzlar 23-year-old poet, met Charlotte Buff, the daughter of control after the German Knights Order. The girl was engaged to a Christian Kestner, who served in the Imperial Court of Justice as a plenipotentiary secretary of the Embassy of the city of Hanover.

Without the heartbreak of Goethe to Charlotte Buff (he called her Lotta) would not have created one of the most famous works of the poet - "The Sorrows of Young Werther. " Goethe fell in love with 19-year-old Charlotte at first sight, because of its delicate beauty and cheerful nature could not fail to attract the poet.

In "The Sorrows of Young Werther" vividly describes the scene of a meeting with Lotto, the scene, later immortalized on canvas Kaulbach. "Having crossed the yard to a beautiful building and climbed up the stairs, I opened the door, my eyes appeared a most delightful sight that ever he had seen me. In the first room, six children from eleven to two years of age were spinning around a beautiful, middle-sized girls, dressed in a plain white dress with pink ribbons on the chest and sleeves. She kept the black bread and cut portions of those around her baby, in keeping with the age and appetite of each, and serve with such affability! It was a picture in a spirit of sentimental time, and Goethe met with Lotta in 1772.

Began a sad time in the life of Goethe. Consumed with the desire to get close to the charming daughter of Councillor Buffa, a poet at the same time understood that should either destroy the happiness of others, or to suppress my feelings flashed. But the second path is suicide.

Surprisingly, the poet does not hide from the groom of his feelings for her, and he encouraged them to meet the bridegroom, convinced that Goethe's too honest, but Lott is too noble to ignoble role of the lovers.

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And Goethe decided to leave town. He did not leave with his lover and her fiance, but instead sent them a note with the passionate outpourings, sighs and tears, and almost immediately decided to describe their mental anguish. The fruit of his experience and became "The Sorrows of Young Werther" . . .

Name Lily familiar to anyone who has read the famous elegy Goethe Park Lily. " Anna Elizabeth Sheneman was engaged to Goethe and nearly became his wife. The poet has devoted several poems: "Tosca," "Bliss sadness", "Autumn," "Lili", "New love, new life," "Belinda," "gold heart, which he wore on his chest" . . .

A rich, fun, frivolous, who always lived in luxury, surrounded by secular dandy, constantly rotating in high society, the girl is in stark contrast to the great poet. Even close friends and acquaintances did not allow the thought of marriage between them.

Goethe became acquainted with Elizabeth Sheneman at the end of 1774 in her parents' house in Frankfurt. Sixteen-year-Lily sat at the piano and played the sonata. When she finished, Goethe introduced himself to her. "We looked at each other - he wrote in his autobiography - and I do not want to lie, I thought I felt the irresistible power of the very nice properties. For ardent Goethe one meeting was enough to immediately write a poem and vent their feelings.

Lily quickly tied to his Goethe, and he was really happy when she won his affection.

Coquettish Lily liked the beautiful poet. She enthusiastically told him about his life, complained of her emptiness, said she only wanted to test his power over Goethe, but she fell into the net. Young people to explain, and we would end up, probably by marriage, if not for the difference in social status between the families. Knowing the fastidiousness of his father in this matter, Cornelia, the sister of Goethe, strongly opposed the marriage. Objected, and others. But Goethe was not listening.

Some kind of maid Delph took the challenge to arrange a deal. Once, she said love that the parents agreed, and told to shake hands. Goethe went to Lily and she is slowly but firmly lifted her and put it in his hand, then both with a deep sigh, "rushed into each other's arms. Then there was the betrothal. But marriage is still upset. Played a role and a trip to Switzerland, Goethe, during which the environment Lily tried to convince her coldness groom. In the end, young people had to leave. Goethe's hard going through the gap. He stood for hours under her window, wrapped in his cloak, and returned pleased when he chanced to see in the windows of her shadow.

Subsequently, Lily married the Strasbourg banker, and Goethe, when he left to Italy, wrote in his notebook: "Lily, goodbye! The second time, Lily!" Parting the first time, I'm still hoping to join our fate. But now solved: we must individually play our role. I am not afraid for myself, not for you. So it all seems confusing. Goodbye. "

With 33-year-old Charlotte von Stein, Goethe met in 1775 and loved her for fourteen years, despite the fact that she was married to the Chief Master of the Horse Weimar court, and surrounded by seven children. True, she was very educated, tactful, intelligent, but . . . the poet was only 26 years! Probably played a role here by the fact that Goethe was alone in a small, cheerful Weimar, where he found himself after his native Frankfurt, and where the new duties of the court heavily weighed upon him.

Wolfgang described his feelings for Charlotte in the famous "Iphigenia. " Some biographers Goethe believed that his love for Charlotte was platonic. They exchanged passionate declarations, wrote passionate letters to each other during the separation, but never went over the line is permitted, although the husband of Charlotte was at home only once a week. At the same time, we can not take into account the fact that when Goethe made friends with Christian Vulpius, his future wife, Charlotte, blazing with anger and summon back his letters, burned them, and from Goethe to stop any relationship. The seriousness of their relationship shows and drama, written by Charlotte, where Goethe portrayed in a bad way. The poet is presented in its silliest bouncers, rude cynical, vain to the ridiculous, treacherous hypocrite, godless traitor . . .

In the summer of 1788 Goethe, Privy Councillor of the Duke, after one and a half years in Italy, he returned to Weimar. Charlotte von Stein pointedly avoided it. After all, he went to Italy without telling her a word, and long enough to communicate its whereabouts. And when he decided to tell her "great mystery" of their erotic adventures with a Roman widow, that its stiffness is not found in his stories is nothing sublime. He was too "sensible," she wrote in one letter.

It is not hard to imagine that after the first few days in Weimar, Goethe felt lonely, he sorely lacked the artistic treasures of Italy and her life freely. He had to settle for a camp bed in a garden house in the park elm, and a Roman widow, whom he called Faustino, no longer charmed his lonely nights.

Goethe was at his zenith. He was the best friend of the Duke of Weimar, who personally gave him a knighthood and in addition almost all the highest-level awards tiny state. Goethe was associated with the giants of thought of his time. He was thirty-nine years. Do not reread his novels with the noble and educated European ladies. He was on his way to Olympus, a national hero of Weimar.

Christian Vulpius - a small, nothing is not representing the flower girl of twenty-three years had a modest prosperity, she helped her mother keep the younger children after the father abandoned the family. Was not established, spoke with a strong emphasis Thuringia, read with great difficulty, and writing is even worse. But it was fresh, with soft skin, clear eyes and ruddy cheeks, unruly brown curls falling over his forehead. She had a cheerful disposition, and she readily laughed and joked and recklessly ogle. Florist worked in a factory in Weimar, where he made of scraps of silk, artificial flowers, which are then decorated the hats and neck Weimar beautiful ladies.

Giant spirit and uneducated girl flower girl - can you imagine a more dissimilar people?

So, these two met in the park at Weimar. It is no coincidence: Christian has long stood there waiting for him.

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She was to him an unusual case, it is not directed personally to her and her brother, so the whole family. In her hand she held a letter written by her brother for help. Brother calculated correctly: please take effect as if the poet will give her a pretty sister.

Brother, Christian, Christian August Vulpius, entered the history of literature by a meeting with the sisters of Goethe in Weimar palace park on that day in June 1788. If Goethe had helped him, he would have created a masterpiece of the most vivid novel about the life of the robbers - a novel about a noble Rinaldo Rinaldini. His dream came true: after a meeting in the Palace park with his sister Goethe showed him a favor. Certainly not an obscure Vulpius and his literary masterpiece, completed or only conceived, are interested in Goethe. Pampered ladies' man struck the girl.

All said that Christians in the same day became the lover of Goethe, for both celebrated annually on July 12 anniversary of their union. Some verses in the "Roman Elegies" is certainly devoted Christians: "Honey, you kaeshsya that gave up so soon? Not repent: brash thoughts, believe me, I'm not belittling you," - so begins the third elegy.

Soon the Christian left her job and moved to Goethe, becoming his secret mistress, whose existence he had concealed in every way.

The guest room in the house of Goethe was always ready to Fritz von Stein, younger son of an old friend of the poet Charlotte von Stein. The boy often had lived in solitary Goethe, even after the gap between his mother and poet. And now Fritz tells his mother about a new girl that appeared in the house of Goethe. Charlotte accepted the news, of course, painful. After so many years of love, of spiritual communication on an equal, she felt deeply offended by being rejected for the sake of uneducated, unworthy of a young flower girl.

The news quickly spread through the entire city. People gossiped, outraged immoral poet. In Goethe revered almost a higher being, and the rumor did not condemn his relationship with Frau von Stein, who was all over it evenly. Now it saw vicious seducer, only knowing that to indulge his whims. In July 1790 he wrote: "I got married, but without the ceremony. " That's what it seemed improper to Weimar society. A friend of Schiller, visiting the house on Frauenplane just did not see Christian. In 1800, when the work of Goethe experienced a downturn, Schiller was convinced that this is a consequence of his life together with Christians.

Indeed, it is difficult to imagine a more unequal pair. In their relationships with acquaintances attended irrational principle: Goethe fell in love instantly. But it happened to him many times in my life! More recently, in the literary history of the poet's work was divided into periods, associated with the names of his inspiring women: Lott, Frederick, Mariana, Lily, Charlotte . . . However, much less written about the Christians in this sense. Perhaps because their relationship was very long, lasting more than thirty years, until her death in 1818. Partly because there is hardly possible to speak of an immediate "inspiration", which, for example, Lotte Buff has the appearance of "The Sorrows of Young Werther" and Frederic Brion - memories of youth in the novel's "Poetry and Truth. From my life" .

First of all, "Roman Elegies, and even, perhaps, a few poems written for the occasion. That's probably all.

It was just the man, which he sorely needed: a simple, fun, giggling, free nature, as contrasted with his reticence, high requirements for an ideal, an intellectual exercise, sophisticated communication in secular interiors, with prim atmosphere of the court. Apparently, Goethe liked how fun chatting it "child of nature", his "little erotikon.

During the seventeen years she remained his mistress, before he decided to legalize their relationship, having made a modest civil ceremony of marriage in 1806 when the French occupation authorities. Even when she became the mother of his son, Augustus, which was born at Christmas week of 1789, he did not even think about marriage. But even before the birth of her son for the stubborn bachelor, it really created a family that included her half-sister, aunt and older brother - the one composing of Rinaldo Rinaldini. Family would be numerous: Christian bore four children but two died at birth, two - were stillborn. Over unequal union if fate itself had spread out their black wings, after all, who lived to mature years, August was a man physically weak and mentally unstable.

In short, their family life was not like the idyll they fell through many dramas, which, of course, could not leave a trace in the character and the fun of the girls, flower girls.

So, Christian was the opposite of the poet. For her, there were no challenges, she laughed, joked and spoiled him. She was the epitome of sensual warmth and immediacy of women, as Goethe wrote in his "Roman Elegy". She was "ein Lieb mit alien seinen Prachten" ("flesh in all its glory"). Here it is a purely physical, sensual love, which was causing it Christian. Without it, he would not have created such a complete picture of love. After all, love - it's not just all-consuming passion of the soul, but "little erotikon", as Goethe himself wrote beautifully. Perhaps she personified the love in the poet's life.

Duke of Wurttemberg with understanding to the situation - who is not beloved. Carl-August willingly consented to become godfather to his son the poet, Augusta, probably, the child was named in honor of the patron. Christian, of course, was not present at the christening of his son. Even Goethe could not have permission to such a meeting - the Duke with his beloved.

Augustus was five years old when he lived in Frankfurt grandmother learned, finally, the existence of a grandson. Christian do not appear anywhere, along with Goethe. On the contrary, enjoys spending time with your peers, among whom there were many artists from the small court of Weimar Theatre. Over the years, stout, heavy, and at the end of life has evolved in the melt fat woman.

In 1806, Goethe, finally decided to legalize their relations with Christians. October 19, they officially got married. And this time everything was modest: they got married in the sacristy of the church of St. James.

The very next day after the wedding Frau von Goethe appeared in the cabin of Johanna Schopenhauer, mother of the famous philosopher, who had just widowed, and who decided to stay in Weimar.

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The arguments of this lady were reduced approximately as follows: time of Goethe gave his Christian name, she is Mrs. Schopenhauer, treated her to a cup of tea.

The doors of many houses were opened in front of the newly-fledged secret counselor. However, the triumphant march through the magnificent saloons failed. After his "elevation" Christians have lived for long. Raspolnev scary, loved solitude. In Weimar, there was talk disrespectfully about the "thick part of Goethe. "

End it was heavy. She suffered from uremia, went to treatment, but from the water source Egerlendskogo only swelled disproportionately. Goethe did not show for her special participation. Always afraid of illness and death, so that his presence could not even zagovarivat of these sad things, he turned away from her suffering. Like many hypochondriacs become isolated in their own illness. She died in solitude, he held her hand in the last moments.

In his diary he wrote very briefly: "my wife died. Last, a terrible struggle of her body. She died at the dinner. In me about the terrible emptiness and silence. " But immediately after those words continued: "The triumphal entry of Princess Ida and Prince Bernhard. The court advisor Maier-Reimer. In the evening in a fabulous lighting. My wife is taken to a morgue at night. I am in bed all day. "

The fate of Goethe were women to Christian Vulpius and after it. Women, it inspired and influenced the development of his poetic gift. But relations with most of them flashed brief episode in his life. All the time he hurried on.

The only woman close to where he was detained, was Christian, although he long and left her. None of the other is not dispensed to a simple, unassuming love. Through this love, he may have known the peace of mind, for she was very constant, whereas it is - the whole movement.

However, the marriage did not save the Goethe from the arrows of Cupid. He continued to love and be loved.

Bettina. A strange lady, later the wife fiction Arnim, according to Lewis, was more a demon than a woman. A young, passionate, headstrong, quirky, fell in love with the poet's correspondence, and began to fill it full of excitement letters. Then it suddenly came to Weimar, jumped into the arms of a poet and, as she says, with the first date fell asleep on his chest. After that, she pursues him with love, vows, jealousy, despite the fact that the object of her passion was already fifty-eight. And Goethe came to life again, unwittingly succumbed to her charms. But soon the crazy antics of Bettina, her stormy passion began to tire of Goethe. The gap was inevitable.

Then, on the life path of 60-year poet appeared young, hot loving Minna Gertslib, stepdaughter bookseller Frohman, a girl fell in love with an old poet, with all my heart and inspired him to a number of sonnets and the novel "The affinity of souls," which describes his feelings for his beloved . Minna passion and Goethe inspired great fear of their friends, and they tried to avoid the serious consequences of sending a girl to school, that really was the remedy.

Five years later, that is, when the poet was sixty-five, he met with the charming wife of the banker Villemera, Marianne, and both immediately fell in love with such passion that, reading now, after many years, the outpouring of Goethe and the same answers his girlfriend completely forgets the difference in years of lovers. It seems that we have two very young creature, only to know all-consuming passion, and rushing to enjoy the hitherto unknown feeling.

The lovers parted, but until the poet's death - within 17 years - they corresponded. A month before his death, Goethe returned to Marianne, her letters and her poem "On the west wind. "

And finally, the last love of Goethe. In seventy-five years he as a young man fell in love with 18-year-old Ulrike Lewetzov. Ulrika loved poet, sincere, passionate love, not issyakshey in her heart until his death.

Ulrika died in 1898, leaving behind the memory of a genial man who almost became her husband. She never married, because she met a man who might take place in her heart that belonged to Goethe. He was old, but still slim and smart, on his forehead - no wrinkles and his eyes sparkled with dazzling brilliance of beauty and strength . . .

So why is it so loved a woman? Sure, he was clever, but the mind is not always an argument for a woman's heart, and he was beautiful, but beauty is not always attractive. Perhaps the best explanation given Heinrich Heine: "In Goethe we find in its entirety the harmony appearance and spirit, which is seen in all the extraordinary people. Its appearance was as significant as the words of his creations, his image was filled with harmony, clear , noble, and it can be studied Greek art, as in ancient sculpture. This is a proud mill never bent in Christian humility of a worm: those eyes do not watched a sin-timid, pious, or unctuous tenderness: they were calm, like some a deity. Solid and bold look in general - a sign of the gods. This is true of the eyes of Napoleon, so I'm sure he was a god. Looking Goethe remained the same divine in old age, he was in his youth. The time covered with snow on his head, but could not bend it. He wore it all the same pride and high, and when he spoke, he seemed to grow, and when stretched out his hands, it seemed as if he can point them towards the stars in the sky. rallied the remark, though his mouth expressed his selfish propensities, but this feature is inherent in the eternal gods, and that the father of the gods - the great Jupiter, with whom I have compared the Goethe. In fact, when I was with him at Weimar, then, standing before him, could not help glancing in the direction there is about him an eagle with lightning bolts. Bare I spoke to him in Greek, but, noting that he understands the German language, I told him in German that the plum on the road from Jena to Weimar very tasty. In the long winter nights, I often reconsider how much of the sublime and deep before I Goethe, when he was seeing. And when I finally saw him, I said to him that the Saxon plums are very tasty. And Goethe smiled. He smiled at the very same mouth that once kissing Ledoux, Europe, Dana, Semele . . . Frederick, Lily, Lotta, Ulrika - is not that were the same Semele, Europa, Leda, Danae?