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The term "a deal with the Devil" (or "Faustian bargain") is also used metaphorically to condemn a person or persons perceived as having cooperated with an evil person or organization. An example of this is the Nazi-Jewish negotiations during The Holocaust, both positively [citation needed] and negatively. [22]
He makes a bargain with Faust: Mephistopheles will serve Faust with his magic powers for a set number of years, but at the end of the term, the Devil will claim Faust's soul, and Faust will be eternally enslaved. During the term of the bargain, Faust makes use of Mephistopheles in various ways.
American Dad!, in the episode "Permanent Record Wrecker", Roger makes a Faustian bargain with an infomercial star to learn to play guitar, in order to beat a hippie in a guitar challenge at his favorite coffee shop. [85] Archer, in the episode "Baby Shower", Sterling Archer refers to Kenny Loggins as a "possible Faustian deal-maker". [86]
American metal band Agalloch's Faustian Echoes EP is directly based on Goethe's work and contains direct quotations from it. Philipp Humm's modern art film The Last Faust (2019) is directly based on Goethe's Faust and is the first film made on Faust part I and part II. [24]
Behind the dicey IPO comeback, the meme stock infatuation, and the users-are-investors-are-owners story, the Reddit debut is about something else: a Faustian bargain in which it sells itself to AI.
For everyone else, it’s a simple Faustian bargain between the darkly-becloaked fellow and twelve-year-old Gwendy, for whom the titular box brings both personal reward and broader tragedy.
Today's Strands game revolves around names with a double meaning. NYT Strands Spangram Hint: Is it Vertical or Horizontal? Today's spangram is vertical (bottom to top).
Halsey's "Hold Me Down" (from the album Badlands, 2016) makes a number of sexualized Faustian allusions Iron Mask 's "Doctor Faust" (from the album Diabolica , 2016) Faust is the stage name of black metal musician Bård Eithun.