The two men fight, but Faust is reluctant to hurt the brother of the woman he adores. Valentin takes the bait and comes out of the cottage, now knowing that Faust has debauched his sister. While he is inside Faust and Méphistophélès appear, and Méphistophélès, knowing that Marguerite is not in there alone, sings a mocking burlesque of a lover's serenade under Marguerite's window ( Vous qui faites l'endormie). Siébel asks Valentin to forgive Marguerite. Valentin's company returns from the war to a military march ( Deposons les armes and Gloire immortelle de nos aïeux, the well-known 'soldiers' chorus'). The scene shifts to the square outside Marguerite's house. She sings an aria at her spinning wheel ( Il ne revient pas). Act 4 Īfter being made pregnant and seemingly abandoned by Faust, Marguerite has given birth and is a social outcast. Under the watchful eye and malevolent laughter of Méphistophélès, it is clear that Faust's seduction of Marguerite will be successful. She sings at her window for his quick return, and Faust, listening, returns to her. Marguerite allows Faust to kiss her ( Laisse-moi, laisse-moi contempler ton visage), but then asks him to go away. Méphistophélès and Faust join the women in the garden and romance them. Marguerite tries on the jewels and is captivated by how they enhance her beauty, as she sings in the famous aria, the Jewel Song ( Ah! je ris de me voir si belle en ce miroir). Marthe, Marguerite's neighbour, notices the jewellery and says it must be from an admirer. Marguerite enters, pondering her encounter with Faust at the city gates, and sings a melancholy ballad about the King of Thule ( Il était un roi de Thulé). Méphistophélès brings in a decorated box containing exquisite jewelry and a hand mirror and leaves it on Marguerite's doorstep, next to Siébel's flowers. Faust sends Méphistophélès in search of a gift for Marguerite and sings a cavatina ( Salut, demeure chaste et pure) idealizing Marguerite as a pure child of nature. The lovesick boy Siébel leaves a bouquet for Marguerite ( Faites-lui mes aveux).
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