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Within the contexb of Ìilarlolver it is titanism
whj-ch is the foil of all developrnents, in comparison
with lvhích i,'lephistophilis is so rr u
" upliant...full of
obecl.ience and humility.lr ll' '-l'his wiLling subservience
of evil pohrers which further rflanrs aitns and lead to
his final cles'bru-ction is an external force r¡¡hich in-
ciies man to blasphemous action. l,'aust,us charges
rviephisto to ln¡ait upon him on the grand scale, --even
to the extent of breaking universal lav¡s and offending
rvhat he must deem the will of God io be.
11i3e it to make the moon dro'o from her sphere,
Or ihe ocean io overwheln the i+orldÎÎ ø L4 "
These l-ines may be seen in a t''¡icj-er context by referring
to Genesis, i'vith v¡hicir !-ausfus the theologian may have
been familiaro rro".neither shall there any more be a
f lood to destroy the earth, tr (Gen. 9: It ) llence Faustus I
new-found- po\i¡er of rnagician-god taunts the ultimate
iitill "
l,'rom this point in the d-rama, the development
of Faust may be characterized as noving two paces
dournv,rard and one pace upvrard" I?orces are at war vrithin
him, yet in his desire to T1 . " nlive in aLI voluptu-ousnesslr,
repentance is quenched by pleasure, and he reaffirms his
vor,¡ that he shall ded.icabe hinself to one principle
alone: the suprefiiacy of Belzebub, Ll+"