Line #4 YMMV/Faust

Context YMMV / Faust

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2	!! General
3	* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Even in individual versions, there is considerable variation in how characters in the story are treated. Faust -- driven to his bargain from love for suffering mankind, or looking for a cheap and easy way to lord it over others? Mephistopheles -- AntiHero seeking to subvert God's injustice, or diabolical hater wanting to damn others to his own misery? Wagner? Gretchen? The Emperor? God? The variations are endless.
4	* DracoInLeatherPants: Faust is arguably a pretty nasty fellow towards Gretchen and Mephistopheles is the outright ''devil'' - try and find an interpretation that does not make either of them come out much more sympathetic than that would imply.
5	* EnsembleDarkhorse: [[ElementalEmbodiment The elemental spirits]] have no bearing on the plot, with Kobold the Earth Spirit being the only one who appears in person, however, given that they are beings outside of God's and Mephisto's realm, with Kobold especially giving Faust a scathing TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, they are quite popular.
6	* FauxSymbolism: Do you mean that Mephistopheles does ''not'' stand for Martin Luther, UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte, UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler, or The Tri-Lateral Commission?
7	* FirstInstallmentWins: Ever heard of "Faust II"? If no, you can see why.
8	* HilariousInHindsight: The name ''Faust'' has also associated with ''[[Creator/LaurenFaust someone else]]'' these days. Although some fans have joked (and even done ''fan fiction''!) in regards how she [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic created another big fanbase on the internet]].
9	* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotDidactic: Some authors (including ''Goethe!'') have claimed that they had no basic message to convey in their versions of the story.
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11	!! Film
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13	* CompleteMonster: {{Mephisto\|pheles}}, stymied in his efforts to unleash the Four HorsemenOfTheApocalypse on the Earth, makes a bet with an angel, over whether he can [[TheCorrupter corrupt the soul]] of Doctor Faust. Spreading disease throughout Faust's hometown — and murdering a priest when the latter notices his presence — Mephisto convinces Faust to [[DealWithTheDevil sell him his soul in exchange for the power to heal his neighbors]]. When Faust's neighbors turn on him, Mephisto turns the doctor into a younger man and takes him to Parma, where he forces the Duchess of Parma to fall in love with Faust, then kills her husband in a duel. He later forces Gretchen, an innocent girl, to fall in love with Faust, only to [[FrameUp subsequently frame Faust and her]] for the murder of her mother and brother, resulting in her being burned at the stake and Faust committing suicide by joining her.
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15	!!The band:
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17	* SignatureSong: "It's a Rainy Day, Sunshine Girl", with "Krautrock" and "Jennifer" being close seconds.

Context YMMV / Faust