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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 ]
Dr. Fausto by Jean-Paul Laurens 1876 'Faust' by Goethe, decorated by Rudolf Seitz, large German edition 51 cm × 38 cm (20 in × 15 in). Faust (/ f aʊ s t /; German:) is the protagonist of a classic German legend based on the historical Johann Georg Faust (c. 1480–1540).
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]
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Alvin Martin Weinberg was born April 20, 1915, in Chicago, Illinois, [1] the son of Jacob Weinberg and Emma Levinson Weinberg, [2] two Russian Jewish emigrants who met in 1905 on board the boat carrying them to the United States. [1]
Mephistopheles [a] (/ ˌ m ɛ f ɪ ˈ s t ɒ f ɪ ˌ l iː z /, German pronunciation: [mefɪˈstoːfɛlɛs]), also known as Mephisto, [1] is a demon featured in German folklore. He originally appeared in literature as the demon in the Faust legend and has since become a stock character appearing in other works of arts and popular culture .
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Spring training has just begun, with opening day still a month away, but players and executives echo the phrase no one in the industry wants to hear:
The second metamorphosis focuses on the relationship of love and separation between the new becoming world of the Faustian Bargain, and the old dying world of stagnancy. Marshall Berman here argues that Faust's passionate love and tragedy with Gretchen "will dramatize the tragic impact - at once explosive and implosive - of modern desires and ...