December 20, 2020 by MMinspect
Faust makes a pact (an agreement) with Mephistopheles that promises him everything his soul can wish for: good life, gold, women and honor. Faust signs the pact with his blood. Faust uses magic in the hope that she will tell him all about life. In the end, Mephistopheles wins his bet. Staufen, a town in the far south-west of Germany, claims to be where Faust died (circa 1540); Representations appear on buildings, etc. The only historical source of this tradition is a passage in the chronicle of the Counts of Chambers written around 1565, 25 years after Faust`s presumed death. These chronicles are generally considered reliable and, in the 16th century, there were still family ties between the lords of Staufen and the Earls of Chambers near Donaueschingen. [11] “Many years passed. Now old and blind, Faust realized that he had created a vast territory of land occupied by people who were always active to do something useful for themselves. After participating in this realization, Faust presented himself as a man among free and active people. By the time he realized what he had created, he was shouting for this moment, so just for him, to keep lingering.
Faust had come out of a self-centered egotist to a man who considered his actions to be part of a creative society. Faustus: Then, mephistophilis, receive this parchment, an act of gift, body and soul. But you don`t want you to make wedding rings and articles between the two of us. A pact with the devil (a deal with the devil or a good deal) is an agreement with evil, in the form of the devil, often (as in the story of Faust) with the paradoxical intention of reaching a higher good otherwise hindered. The nature of an agreement is a risky dwelling, so at the heart of the objections to such a thing lie the question: what is the person who deals with the agreement with the devil? The person may avoid being captured or damaged. The agreement strengthens the devil; Is the greatest good compromised and always inaccessible? First of all, faustus can be a spirit of form and substance. Second, may Mephistophilis be his servant and be offered by him. Third, what mephistophilis must do for him and bring him. Fourth, whether invisible in his room or house. Finally, that he will appear to Jean Faustus at all times, in what form and form he wants. I, Jean Faustus de Wittenberg, doctor, give body and soul through these gifts to Lucifer, the prince of the Orient, and to his minister Mephistophilis, and I also recognize to them that twenty-four years have passed, and that these articles, written, are inviolable, full power to bring or carry the body and soul of jeans-fist in question, flesh, blood , in their heroism.
Mephisto`s costume in this scene reminds Faust of the narrow limits of the world in which he has lived until now. Faust`s change in wording recalls the divine law that action is the dominant force of the universe, and raises the story of that fist to a philosophical level higher than that of the hero of ancient legends. The terms of the new pact mean that he will only be condemned if Faust is so satisfied that he chooses to be in a state of calm or non-action. In other words, the original sin is to free itself from the responsibility of movement and activity. This idea is perfectly in line with Mephisto`s nihilistic principles, so that the devil accepts the modified pact. In Goethe`s religious thought, movement, action and aspiration are equated with virtue, while non-movement, passivity and resignation are sins.
