Way back in the mists of time Slide 2 The Fall of Angels
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www.abcgallery.com/R/rubens/rubens106.html Slide 3 Common Themes?
Striving for understanding Thirst for Knowledge Quest for Truth
Guilt Desire Control Slide 4 The Devil and the Angels Christian,
Hebrew and Islamic tradition Mediaeval Christian theology: 9fold
hierarchy serving God: arranged in 3 choirs seraphim and cherubim
the highest and the archangels being the second to lowest: above
angels. Mediaeval theologians obsessed with whether a million
angels may not sit upon a needles point (1638: William
Chillingworth; Religion of Protestants) The Devil : personification
of evil - from devel (ME), dofol (OE), from diabolus (Latin) from
the Greek diabolos slanderer. Slide 5 Pre-Christian mythology Star
myths Greek Babylonian Muslim Hebrew Slide 6 Satan Early Christian
development. Prefigures and postfigures Lucifer?? I saw Satan fall
like lightning Luke 10:18 Worship me and I will give you the whole
world. Matthew 4:9 Precosmic Fall Slide 7 Lucifer Mediaeval
development O Lucifer, son of the morning. (Isaiah) 1 of the
archangels: Michael, Gabriel, Lucifer, Raphael, Uriel I will be
like the Most High. (Isaiah) Cast out of Heaven for Pride by
Michael. 1/3 of angels sided with him and fell with him to Hell.
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corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendour. (Ezekiel)
Slide 8 Mephistopheles Early modern development First appears in
Renaissance: Praxis Magia Faustiana 1527 German Faustbuch 1587
Post-Enlightenment Devil: the spirit of denial (Parker, 2006) Early
modern ironic consciousness (Parker, 2006) Thinkst thou that I, who
saw the face of God And tasted the eternal joys of heaven, Am not
tormented with ten thousand hells In being deprivd of everlasting
bliss? (Doctor Faustus 1.3 79-82) Slide 9 The crafty shape shifter
Good or Bad? Politician Machiavellian Odysseus the classic hero
Ambiguity Conflict Slide 10 Scores on the doors EEBO 1400-1700
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Slide 11 Mephistopheles: The man behind the Horns Slide 12
Mephemology Origins of the word Mephistopheles There are several
meanings of the name. Some argue that it stems from the Greek words
Me meaning Not, Phos meaning Light and Philos meaning Lover. One
could also argue that the word stems from Hebrew using the word for
liar Mephiz and the word for destroyer Tophel The Latin word
Mephitis is another possibility as it means He who is the worst
type of help This can also be linked with the Greek word Anopheles
which means, the reverse of help. Interstingly Anopholes is the
term of a genus of mosquito. This has connotations of a figure that
draws blood from man? Slide 13 Satan or Servant? Marlowes
Representation In Marlowes play, Lucifer is a separate character to
Mephistopheles. Mephistopheles plays the role of the messenger and
servant of Lucifer. In act 2 scene 3 Mephistopheles calls Lucifer
as Faust begins to doubt the pact and looks toward redemption. One
can see in this scene that Mephistopheles is one of the servants of
the devil, who has been assigned to corrupt Faust. One could argue
that Mephistopheles is portrayed in Marlowes play as a form of
companion to Faust. He is the mediator between Lucifer and Faust
which differs to Goethes version. There is a sense that Marlowes
Mephistopheles is more of a one dimensional character in contrast
to Goethes Mephistopheles. Slide 14 Satan Or Servant? Goethes
Representation Mephistopheles first appears in the Prologue in
Heaven on equal footing to the figure of God. I am by no means
worried for my bet In the prologue we see Mephistopheles striking a
wager with God. There is a greater sense of authority shown by
Goethes Mephistopheles. There character of Lucifer does not appear
in Goethes Faust. The character of Mephistopheles is the highest
sinful power in the text, which in turn adds greater dimensions to
his part in the play. We see individual conflicts without a
mediating role which is witnessed in Marlowes Faust. Slide 15 Who
was Mephistopheles? First to join Lucifer during the rebellion
against God at the beginning of time? - Mephistopheles was the
second to fall after Lucifer? An angel who assisted God in the
creation of the universe? - He was known for the designing of ocean
mammals. Slide 16 Definition? The name Mephistopheles itself has no
presence in the Bible Was thought to have been first created by the
author of the original 'faustbook Arguably has no meaning... Slide
17 Greek/Latin Greek : Me Fausto Philos Latin :Ne Fausto Filius
Slide 18 Hebrew In hebrew the 'phos' part could mean light, making
'me' 'phos' 'philos' > 'not' 'light' 'lover' 'Destroyer of the
Good' Mephiz = liarTophel = destroyer Slide 19 Burton Russell that
the name is a purely modern invention of uncertain origins makes it
an elegant symbol of the modern devil with his many novel and
diverse forms Slide 20 Mephistopheles in popular culture In Marvel
comics. Mefisto by Irish writer John Banville. The Heart of
Darkness by Joseph Conrad - papier-mache Mephistopheles
