The jewels that Faust gives Gretchen, they are a symbol of Gretchen's impurity. It is also stated that the jewels were taken by a priest. This can be interpreted that Gretchen is no longer the good church girl she was before but an impure one so to speak. Blood is also a recurring symbol.
One symbol in Goethe's Faust is the character of Mephistopheles, who represents the devil and embodies the desire for power and worldly pleasures. Another symbol is Faust himself, who symbolizes humanity's eternal quest for knowledge and the struggle between good and evil. The homunculus, created by Faust, represents the pursuit of scientific discovery and the manipulation of nature.
Paul Reinhard has written: 'Goethes Faust'
Friedrich Strehlke has written: 'Paralipomena zu Goethes Faust'
Wolfgang Streicher has written: 'Die dramatische Einheit von Goethes 'Faust\\'
Paul Requadt has written: 'Das Sinnbild der Rosen in Stifters Dichtung' 'Goethes Faust I'
Agnes Bartscherer has written: 'Paracelsus, Paracelsisten und Goethes Faust' -- subject(s): Accessible book
Franz Josef Bogner has written: 'Goethes V'st [i.e. Faust]' -- subject(s): Parodies, travesties
Hermann Hefele has written: 'Astronomy and Astrophyics Abstracts' 'Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts' 'Goethes Faust' 'Literature 1990 (Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts)'
Willy F. Storck has written: 'Goethes Faust und die bildende Kunst' -- subject(s): Art, Art in literature, Knowledge
Peter von Cornelius has written: 'Le Paradis du Dante' 'Peter Cornelius, Zeichnungen zu Goethes Faust' -- subject(s): Exhibitions
Hans. Arens has written: 'Colour measurement' 'Kommentar zu Goethes Faust I' 'Sprachwissenschaft' -- subject(s): History, Linguistics, Comparative linguistics, Research, Language and languages
Manuel Schnitzer has written: 'Goethes Josephbilder, Goethes Josephdichtung'
Gernot B ohme has written: 'Goethes Faust als philosophischer Text' -- subject(s): Philosophy 'Aisthetik: Vorlesungen uber Asthetik als allgemeine Wahrnehmungslehre' -- subject(s): OUR Brockhaus selection, Philosophie