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    Faust as a Tragic Hero

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    and torment than he could ever imagine. Mephisto‚ as he is nick named by Faust‚ first tries to tempt Faust with the guilty pleasures of the drink and make-merry lifestyle. However‚ Faust is far too knowledgeable and wise to be seduced by petty enjoyments of song and drink. Mephisto realizes he will have to raise the stakes if he is to win the jackpot within Faust. Faust is not tempted by worldly attractions in his current old‚ feeble state‚ so Mephisto decides to get Faust a potion to make him

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    didn’t realize it and that’s what really mattered. He hadn’t known. Couldn’t have. His anger came back now and it wasn’t directed any longer towards the younger demon‚ but toward the other Mephisto. How dare he! How dare he come here and trick his mate and try to sleep with him. "Who the fuck are you!?" Mephisto yelled suddenly‚ pointing furiously at the other version of him who was trying awkwardly to back away. The other him stuttered it wasn’t what it looked like‚ but what the hell else was it

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    Goethe. Faust continues his quest for knowledge and understanding which eventually leads him to meet the Devil’s lieutenant Mephistopheles. This meeting with Mephisto is portrayed by both the original text and Goethe’s play‚ however the method of meeting Mephisto is slightly altered. In both works Faust enters in to an alliance with the Mephisto in exchange for Faust’s soul‚ Faust receives the “forbidden” knowledge that he seeks. An adaptation made by Goethe is the addition of Gretchen (Margaret)‚ which

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    Human Nature and Faust

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    death. In the prologue an important bet is made between God and the Devil (Mephisto) concerning Faust and whether he will reach his end goal of understanding and knowledge. “So long as he walks the earth alive...Men make mistakes as long as they strive.” (Faust Prologue lines 74-76) God is betting that even though humans have inherent flaws in their nature‚ that ultimately they are good and will succeed if they try. Mephisto‚ however‚ is wagering that the negative aspects of human nature outweigh the

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    Nach etlichen Misserfolgen geht er mit dem Teufel einen Pakt ein‚ der ihm die Erfüllung seines sehnlichsten Wunsches verspricht. Mephisto schafft es‚ bis zum Ende von Faust II‚ nicht Faust zufrieden zu stellen. Faust gibt dem Leser zu Beginn des ersten Teils den Grund dafür: Die Divergenz zwischen den beiden Teilen seiner gespaltenen Persönlichkeit verunmöglicht es Mephisto die Wünsche Fausts zu erfüllen. Gretchen macht als dritte Hauptcharaktere eine starke Wandlung durch: zu Beginn des Dramas

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    The Romanticism of Faust

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    wants. However‚ in order to do this‚ he must give his soul to the Mephisto‚ the devil himself. At Mephisto’s side‚ Faust got his youth‚ but he still wanted more. This time Faust wanted a companion. “Get me that girl‚ do you hear‚ you must!” (2411) Faust demanded Mephisto. Faust ran into a young girl in the street and immediately took a liking to her. However‚ Mephisto could not hand the girl over to Faust right away because Mephisto “must have two weeks at least to spy out a propitious occasion.”

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    poor year’ reflected the senior executive of Mephisto Products.’ P r o f i t s d o w n b y 1 5 p e r c e nt ‚ s a l e s a nd t u r no v e r s t a t i c i n a m a r k e t w h i c h w a s recko ned to be growing at a rate of some 20 per cent per annum. It can’t go on.’ These were the thoughts of Jim Bullins‚ and he contended that the company would-be out of business if the next year turned out to be as bad. Jim Bullins had been senior executive at Mephisto for the past three years. Ineach of these years

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    English Suites No. 2 in A minor‚ BWV 807 J. S. Bach (1685-1750) Prelude Allemande Courante Sarabande Bourrée I‚ Bourrée II Gigue Polonaise No. 1‚ S. 223/1 Mephisto Waltz No. 1‚ S. 514 Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Romeo and Juliet: Ten Pieces for Piano‚ Op. 75 Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) 1. Folk Dance 2. Scene: The Street Awakens 3. Minuet: Arrival of the Guests 4. Young Juliet 5. Masks 6. Montagues and Capulet 7. Father

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    himself close to the divine creatures. "Me‚ the image of God‚ certain in my belief Soon‚ soon‚ I’d behold the mirror of eternal truth..." (p. 111) Faust feels that the knowledge of the common man is not enough for him. He made a pact with the devil‚ Mephisto‚ to extend his life "to the end of mankind". The romantic hero does it not only in order to get the

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