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To start off "Faust's Study II" the reader hears Faust telling Mephisto to "Come In" three diffrent times beofre Mephisto actually enters. It is said that this is done because this then clarifies Faust's "willingness to become involved in the evil the spirit represents" (Brians). Once Mephisto has entered, Faust realizes that he is dressed extremely nice. He is wearing a "scarlett suit, all over gold braid...a stiff silk cape, a gay cock's feather in [his] cap"(551). This shows that Mephisto is trying to portray himself to Faust as a powerful man. | |||
The deal that Faust and Mephisto make is simple. Mephisto says that he will be Faust's faithful servant here, but if Faust goes to Hell, he must do the same for Mephisto there. Mephisto insists that he must have proof in writing of this agreement, and that it must be signed in blood. Mephisto insists on this blood signature because then Faust "can hardly claim he didn't know what he was getting into, since signing a contract with the Devil in blood is notoriously a damnable thing to do"(Brians). Later on in the scene Mephisto pretends to be Faust when talking to a student. Mephisto writes a Latin phrase on the student's album that translates to "Ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil"(562). Mephisto writing this and telling the student that he got the phrase from his aunt, the snake,this is a hint that he is really evil and a follower of the Devil. We assume that the snake reference refers to the evil serpent in the book of Genesis, in the Bible. | |||
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