Faust and the Juxtaposition of Good and Evil Essay -- Literary Analysi

In Faust Part One, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, uses different characters in his play, same God, Mephistopheles, and Gretchen to portray the juxtaposition of good and bad. We are introduced to Faust, who as a mere human makes mistakes throughout the play under some settle of the devil. Therefore it is difficult to write him off as a entirely evil being. However, Destros argument is uttermost(a)ly useful in destiny to interpret Fausts character in a very reasonable manner. Destro believes that Faust is a tragic hero for the purposes of the play, but as a somebody Faust is bad because of his actions and lack of enlightenment up until the near end of his life. Faust was a very selfish character who caused death and despair because of his carelessness and for that he is bad. Although Faust does show feelings of remorse and guilt in the dungeon scene, for majority of the play, he is flawed and though Mephistopheles manipulated him, Faust had the power to maintain control over his o wn actions and urges therefore he is a bad or negative character. Faust is a fairly troubled individual. That is a major part of the play. Faust is not like typical humans of his time he is very curious, self-righteous and extreme and as Destro says, Faust has his own interpretation of morality that are not just now typical (Page 60). Which helps the reader to understand Fausts character can be seen as highly problematic from an ordinary moral point of thinking which is why Faust, regardless of his guilt pass on never fully limiting and the pursuit of trying to gain moral clarity and substance will lead to nowhere because he is already very flawed (Destro 60). Essentially, Destro intend that Faust was doomed because of his personal views and his desire to ga... ...ity in hell, unable to ever give birth love again. Works Cited1. Andre, Alt, Peter. Mephistopheles Principles On the Construction of Evil in Goethes Faust I. moderne Language Review Vol. 6.1 (2011) 149-63. Print. 2. Destro, Alberto==. The Guilty Hero, or the Tragic Salvation of Faust. A Companion to Goethes Faust Parts II and I. Rochester, NY Camden House, 2001. 56-75. Print.3. Colavito, Carl N. Educating for Democracy Lessons from Goethes Faust Colavito, Carl Nicholas. Diss. University of Florida, 2010. Miami Dissertation Abstract, 2010. Print.4. Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von, and Peter Salm. Faust, prime(prenominal) Part. New York Bantam, 1962. Print.5. Murray, Chris. Review Essay Give It Up in Despair Coleridge and Goethes Faust.Romanticism The journal of Romantic Culture and Criticism Vol 15.1 (2009) 1-15. Print.