Question

In a play in this language, an emperor’s finances are saved by the introduction of paper money pledged against the value of buried treasure. In another play in this language, a younger son forges a letter to get his brother disowned, then fails to seduce his fiancée, Amalia. In a play in this language, after a man translates the Greek word “Logos” as “the deed,” a poodle transforms into a man. (10[3])Plays like The Robbers exemplify this language’s (10[1])“storm (10[1])and stress” movement. A play in this non-English language centers on the deal with the devil made by Faust. For 10 points, name this language used by playwrights like Friedrich Schiller (“shiller”) and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ■END■

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