By Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Faust is the protagonist of a vintage German legend. he's a student who's hugely profitable but upset along with his existence, so he makes a pact with the satan, changing his soul for limitless wisdom and worldly pleasures. The Faust legend has been the foundation for plenty of literary, creative, cinematic, and musical works that experience reinterpreted it during the a long time. Faust and the adjective Faustian suggest a state of affairs within which an bold individual surrenders ethical integrity which will in achieving energy and good fortune for a delimited time period. The Faust of early books—as good because the ballads, dramas, video clips, and puppet-plays which grew out of them—is irrevocably damned simply because he prefers human to divine wisdom; "he laid the Holy Scriptures at the back of the door and below the bench, refused to be referred to as health care professional of Theology, yet most well-liked to be styled healthcare professional of Medicine". performs and comedian puppet theatre loosely in accordance with this legend have been renowned all through Germany within the sixteenth century, usually lowering Faust and Mephistopheles to figures of vulgar enjoyable. the tale was once popularised in England via Christopher Marlowe, who gave it a vintage remedy in his play, The Tragical heritage of general practitioner Faustus. In Goethe's transforming of the tale 200 years later, Faust turns into a disappointed highbrow who yearns for "more than earthly meat and drink" in his lifestyles.
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J'ai honte devant lui, et je dis oui à toutes ses paroles. Je ne suis qu'une pauvre enfant ignorante, et je ne comprends pas ce qu'il peut trouver en moi. ) FORÊTS ET CAVERNES MÉPHISTOPHÉLÈS (entre) MÉPHISTOPHÉLÈS Aurez-vous bientôt assez mené une telle vie ? Comment pouvez-vous vous complaire dans cette langueur? Il est fort bon d'essayer une fois, mais pour passer vite à du neuf. FAUST FAUST (seul) Sublime Esprit, tu m'as donné, tu m'as donné tout, dès que je t'en ai supplié. Tu n'as pas en vain tourné vers moi ton visage de feu.
Le plaisir est beaucoup moins vif que si d'avance, et par toute sorte de brimborions, vous vous pétrissiez et pariez vous-même votre petite poupée, comme on le voit dans maints contes gaulois. FAUST Sept heures devant moi, et l'aide du diable me serait inutile pour séduire une petite créature semblable ? FAUST Ecoute, il faut me faire avoir la jeune fille. MÉPHISTOPHÉLÈS Eh ! laquelle ? FAUST FAUST J'ai aussi de l'appétit sans cela. Celle qui passait ici tout à l'heure. MÉPHISTOPHÉLÈS MÉPHISTOPHÉLÈS Celle-là!
Le diable le lui a enseigné, mais ne pourrait pas le faire lui-même. ) Vois, quelle gentille espèce! voici la servante, voilà le valet... ) Je n'aperçois pas, mes amis, La bonne femme ! LES ANIMAUX Elle est allée, Par le tuyau de la cheminée, Dîner sans doute hors du logis. MÉPHISTOPHÉLÈS Mais, pour sa course, d'ordinaire, Quel temps prend-elle cependant ? LES ANIMAUX Le temps que nous prenons à faire... Chauffer nos pieds en l'attendant. MÉPHISTOPHÉLÈS (à F a u s t ) Comment trouves-tu ces aimables animaux ?