THE MORPHOLOGY OF THE FAUSTIAN MYTH
THE MORPHOLOGY OF THE FAUSTIAN MYTH

Summary/Abstract: The ontological essence of the Faustian tragedy is the impossibility of being oneself without crossing out the general outline of ethics. This tragedy postulates both the being’s bidimensionality and the idea that God and Evil are two intertwined concepts, as Mephistopheles – the symbol of malignity in all its dimensions – acts as a moral trigger, in the sense that the bad consequences of his actions/words/proposals determine the salvation of Faust. Mephistopheles also obliges Faust to confront the limits of existence (physical, social, ethical). The knowledge – pleasure duality thus becomes the main feature of the Faustian character.

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