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in the o.rama lvill serve as an illustra¡ion. In the early
action oí tne wcrk rÌaustu-s refers Eo iûeni s souls a-s being
noi;iring rnore than llvain irJ-f'Leslï, 24" yet Ín al-most the
same breath tire once-adrnitted valueless soi-il is overtly
expressed and u-sed as a bargaining ;ooini f or gaini ng f ire
vrorld "
TtHad I as nân)r souls as there be stars,
i t cÌ give thern all Í'or idephi slophi i-i s " I
By hlm l- l It be great iirnpðror o'f th" ivorld u 25 '
'Ihrough a series of scenes ojl self-revel-a-ùj.on, tiiis
overtly unacknoli'Ied.gecì. but taci'i;Iy' confessed va.lue of tire
soul increases to universal- r:ro:oortions whÍch encÌs as the
final cause of his despair:
nluhy were thou not a creature nranfing soull
Cr r,'rh]. is this irnmo.r:ial that tiiou- ha.sti't¡ '/'|-'
Cnl¡r in tirese terrns can the opposition of struggliirg
forces have any validity, and cause r'austus to ask:
ÎÎi{eII strives with grace for conquesi in my breast:
!{ha| shal} r d-o io shun the snares of deaih?ti /''/'
Faust is neither elorified nor absolved in this
work, but he is touched by a sympathy i'.¡hich has not been
seen before "