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The movement of Faus'Lu_s finds an ironic echo ând a
forbid"d,ing parê.Ilel in the poh¡er i,.¡on by Lucifer, Prince
of Devils. The faII of the nobil-i-r,y of HeIl fore-
shadov,is the fall of lj'austu.s" Ihis is the confession of
iviephi sto:
ttO, by aspiring pride an-d:=insoleltce;
poí 1^rhich- God :i,hrew him ll,ucifeC frorn the face of
I-iea-ven " Ît L5'
Yet d-espite this fo¡eshacior^ring, i'''tephisto?s words also
emphasize the vrarnings of t,he voice of conscience and
the pangs of i,orment:
rr0 Faustus! leave these frivolous detlands, -,
i'fihich strike a terror io my fainting SouI.11 Io"
1'he aooarent irony of t,tephisto t s r¡¡arning is resolved
by und.erstanciing the interdependence of the white and
black povfers in alcherny" Ihe relation of these powers
in the cosillos perml_bs l:,1ephl'-sto to be an agent t,rho can
influence lraust,u-s t,o knoi,tledg¡e of ijleaven. I'his inter-
d.ependence is further enhanced by i'iephistors reference
to his having a soul rvhich is necessarily i-n torment
and condetcireci to hell on earth.
iriühy'Uhis is heIL, nor arit I out of it'rt L7'
T'he rarnifications of luiephistors statement a-re
developed to a critical point in the ilelen scene
(scene ;{IV) r,¡herein "raust once more seeks plea.su-re f o
exüj-nguish despair. 'lhe tr-rrmoil of tile earth-þou¡cl