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thab his tiie j-s necessar:'-Iy marked- by arnbigt-tity and
abstractiort, It is noi this alone rtrhich ,g1ves thi-s t'nork
si,rch a modern starn;o, out }"austrs inirociucuiorr to his
nrenoires i,,¡hereitr he lamenis his loss of ideiriity'
The mernoires of !'ausi are nob only significanf
as a d.evice iviih v¡hich to cast cloubt upon ihe complex
relationships inhereni in hu:nan 65rolrith, but also bo
introduce and justify ihe reversal of the traditional
roles of !-aust and- tv'iephisto. iraustls i'uork is to be the
most sincere book ever v.¡rÍtten, consisting of his specu-
Iar;i-ons, observatiotrs, icieas , rheses , together r^rirh an
account of his relation with men a.nd things; aird besides,
rr..oquelo,ue très haut persolltfagesr ou d.e très bas, qui ne
sont ni homnes ni fem.illes,îl 57' ilu'c as Ë'aust longs to be
rÍd of hirnself and io be delivered of existence, the scope
of his book is so vasi thai he requires iuephistols aid'
For thisr Faust becomes the ternpter who drav¡s i'lephisto
inio a bargain of f'air exchange. ,'tephisto is ¡o help
!'aust wribe Lhe rnemoires, and I'aust in return will re-
instate tire nol^r cjefunct d.evil iri a ivorld v¡hich no }onger
believes in him"
The irnage of I'tephisto slands in a startirrgly new
perspective, íor no longer Ís it the embodiment of the
limi.ted. diabolic force which traditionally coerced and
entíced nan astray, but ihe personrfica.tion of hypocrisy