Does Faust exist in you??

While reading the great legend of Faust either by Goethe or by Malowe, I contemplate deeper and deeper in its meaning...

I think, and for sure many critics, that Faust is the legend of each man...

Well, man is obssessed with knowing the unknown...He is always in the process of seeking the deepest facts of life... and yes as Faust is, he wants to raise himself sometimes to the degree of being a God!! BUT, the conclusion of Fuast's travels was nth... The devil tries to join him with human pleasures, but he feels nothing... I think the conclusion of his travel is that the pleasure is not attained!! and at the same time, his journey shows the limitations of the human mind, and his inability to go beyond his limitations even with the aid of the devil!!

But the legend shows that it's not against religion nor humanity to seek and run after knowledge... on the contrary, it's each one's own right... BUT LIMITATIONS are there... I think no man will go beyond these limitations...

Now after all.... do you feel that there is a Faust in you?? what do you think of the conclusion??mm, what are ur ideas about it??

I'm pretty sure Faust has tainted my soul. And agree with most of what you said. However, I think there are no limits to what we can know. And, though it's been a while since I read Faust, it seems to me that Faust's (I'm only speaking of Goethe's work) frustration was that Devil showed him and made possible things that were more of an exaggeration of things he could have done alone. What was lacking was a spiritual meaning.
At least that's what I think of when I reflect on Faust. It's not the quantity (or even the quality) of things I know but how can I make sense of it all and become a better person, not to others but in my own eyes. The journey is a lonely one, which is why the Devil couldn't really help Faust.

Yea I agree with you that the devil gave him no extra-ordinary powers or pleasures. He even ended with disgust for what he did in the tavern in the first stage of his seeking pleasure...

You are right... I'm still waiting other opinions;)

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Originally Posted by R.A

While reading the great legend of Faust either by Goethe or by Malowe, I contemplate deeper and deeper in its meaning...

I think, and for sure many critics, that Faust is the legend of each man...

Well, man is obssessed with knowing the unknown...He is always in the process of seeking the deepest facts of life... and yes as Faust is, he wants to raise himself sometimes to the degree of being a God!! BUT, the conclusion of Fuast's travels was nth... The devil tries to join him with human pleasures, but he feels nothing... I think the conclusion of his travel is that the pleasure is not attained!! and at the same time, his journey shows the limitations of the human mind, and his inability to go beyond his limitations even with the aid of the devil!!

But the legend shows that it's not against religion nor humanity to seek and run after knowledge... on the contrary, it's each one's own right... BUT LIMITATIONS are there... I think no man will go beyond these limitations...

Now after all.... do you feel that there is a Faust in you?? what do you think of the conclusion??mm, what are ur ideas about it??

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Limitations are set by man and in fact there are no limitations. If man felt limited and accepted his fallibility he could not have gone to the moon.

Yes everyone of us has Faustus in him or her. Marlow's Faustus is just a symbol and all of us have it concealed or sealed.