Analysis W6, Faust
"Coming to the End of Oneself" Although Faust is about a man who is dissatisfied with his mundane human experience, it also speaks about man’s ability to choose a moral path regardless of the errors one may make during their life. The opening setting resembles the biblical story of Job, where the angels present themselves before the Lord, when Mephistopheles, who represents the devil, is bored and disappointed with humans; he begins to mock their existence. Much the same as with the narrative of Job, God knowing the strength and capability of his creations, utilizes Faust as a representative for humanity to demonstrate to Mephistopheles that regardless of Faust’s weaknesses/shortcomings and dissatisfaction with the life he has been given, will choose the righteous path in the end, “If today his service shows confused, disordered, with my help he’ll see his way clearly forward. When the sapling greens, the gardener can feel certain flower and fruit shall follow in due seaso...