acrificing his son for mankind. At the end of Goethe's version of Faust, Dr. Faust is taken by the devil to fulfill his part of the contract, which is a very strong basis of many religions that if you make a pack with the devil then you will be take to his kingdom for eternity. Right out of the bible.Johann WolfGang Von Goethe’s Dr.Faust Goethe was an educated man as well and often thought to be one of the greatest writers of his time. He was sent by his father to study law at the University University of Leipzig. By the end of his second semester Goethe had lost interest in the legal studies and felt he had exhausted the limited literary resources to be found at the university. He devoted his energy to learning the manners of polite society, to studying art privately with Adam F. Oeserl, and to cultivating his talent on his own, especially in conversations with his cynical friend Ernst Wolfgang Behrisch,This interpretation of the legend of Dr. Faust is very similar to Christopher Marlowe’s Faust in terms of the influences of religion except that there is Goethe’s own portrayal of religion and his experiences and the time frame in which his writing were published.At the beginning of the play called the “Prologue in Heaven” Mephistopheles makes a deal with the lord that he can take Dr. Faust’s from the lord and bring him to the devil for the eternity of his sole. The lord agrees and sends him to try his best to obtain Faust. Religion at this time, which tended to be a catholic influence, believed that one of the deeds of the devil is to try to stray mankind from the lord by tempting man with things that might be superficial or non-human. This I feel is a major indication of religion on the writings. This is a belief that many religions practice and is stated in the bible numerous times.Another indication of religious impact is that Faust wants to be married to that special person and to have a famil...
