Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Mephistopheles-Mâché


“I let him run on, this papier-mâché Mephistopheles…” (26).

Mephistopheles is one of the many names given to a representation of the devil. Mephistopheles appears in the drama Faust, in which the title character makes a deal with Mephistopheles, trading knowledge for his soul. In many ways he represents sin through greediness. Marlow calls this man a papier-mâché Mephistopheles because of his greed to be assistant-manager of the ivory company.

Works Cited:
"Mephistopheles." Wikipedia. 25 Aug. 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/mephistopheles

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