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-as of [6 APRIL 2024]–
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-[faust] is the protagonist of a ‘classic german legend’-
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(he is a scholar who is highly successful yet dissatisfied with his life, which leads him to make a pact with ‘the devil’, exchanging his soul for unlimited knowledge and worldly pleasures)
(the ‘faust legend’ has been the basis for many literary, artistic, cinematic, and musical works that have reinterpreted it through the ages)
(“faust” and the adjective “Faustian” imply a situation in which an ambitious person surrenders moral integrity in order to achieve power and success for a delimited term)
(the ‘Faust’ of early books—as well as the ‘ballads’, ‘dramas’, ‘movies’, and ‘puppet-plays’ (i’d like to see those!) which grew out of them—is irrevocably damned because he prefers ‘human’ to ‘divine’ knowledge; “he laid the ‘Holy Scriptures’ behind the door and under the bench, refused to be called ‘doctor of theology’, but preferred to be styled ‘doctor of medicine'”)
(‘plays’ and ‘comic puppet theatre’ loosely based on this legend were popular throughout Germany in the 16th century, often reducing Faust and ‘Mephistopheles’ to figures of ‘vulgar fun’)
(the story was popularised in England by ‘Christopher Marlowe’, who gave it a classic treatment in his play, The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus (of which the date for publication is debated, but was likely around 1587)
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*in goethe’s re-working of the story 200 years later, ‘faust’ becomes a dis-satisfied intellectual who yearns for “more than ‘earthly’ meat + drink” in his life*
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*👨🔬🕵️♀️🙇♀️*SKETCHES*🙇♂️👩🔬🕵️♂️*
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👈👈👈☜*“XXX”* ☞ 👉👉👉
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💕💝💖💓🖤💙🖤💙🖤💙🖤❤️💚💛🧡❣️💞💔💘❣️🧡💛💚❤️🖤💜🖤💙🖤💙🖤💗💖💝💘
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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥