Summary of a story, Faust
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Despite his
scholarly eminence, Faust was bored and disappointed. He decided to call on the
devil for further knowledge and magic powers with which to indulge all the
pleasure of the world. In response, the devil’s representative Mephistopheles
appeared. He made a bargain with Faust: Mephistopheles will serve Faust with
his magic powers for term of years, but at the end of the term, the devil will
claim Faust’s soul and Faust will be eternally damned. The term usually stipulated
in the early tales was twenty-four years.
During the term,
Faust made use of Mephistopheles in various ways. In many versions of the
story, in particular, Goethe’s drama, Mephistopheles helped him to seduce a
beautiful and innocent girl, usually named Gretchen, who was destroyed.
However, Gretchen’s naïve innocence saved her in the end and she entered
Heaven. In Goethe’s rendition, Faust was saved by his constant striving.
However, in the early tales, Faust was irrevocably corrupted and believed his
sins cannot be forgiven; when the term ended, the devil carried him off to
Hell.
THE END
Morale of the story : Don't be greedy. Cause you'll look like this.
Yep. Just kidding.
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