Based on the film, Mephisto, on the other hand, is the devil who made a bet with God that Faust is indeed the same as the soul of any mortal, easy to deceive and lead into error. To settle ownership of the Earth, they bet on Faust's soul. The story of Faust is comparable to the biblical story of Job. If the devil wins, the land is his, even Faust's soul, but after the last sand from the hourglass falls, signaling the end of their contract, Faust's soul will return peacefully to his body. Faust is considered a scholar and a doctor. Dr. Faust is recognized as a wonderful man and a prayerful alchemist. His main concern is to save men's lives and avoid death in the age of plague. Due to the disappointments of failure, his constant depression caused him to become angry and bitter, eventually burning his books. One of the pages in the books has been interpreted as Mephisto trying to communicate with Faust. As the perfect time to tempt a man into sin, Mephisto seduced Faust into giving him incredible powers of restoration to cure people who sought his help from the plague. In exchange, his soul will belong to the devil. And he revoked the name of the Lord by healing the people, instead of using the name of the devil. Such temptations begin with the vision of the cure of the plague. Faust was so attached to his priority that he was willing to give up his soul for the common good. We see that Faust's morality is influenced; his goal is to do good, even if he knows that in exchange, his soul is there. Regardless of this, Faust chose to accept the contract offered by Mephisto. Once Faust signed using his blood, Mephisto now has full possession of Earth. And Faust automatically restores life to the dead and heals the sick. People...... middle of paper ......adaptation. Goethe is convinced that the primordial sin is non-action and non-error, and that movement, action and effort are equated with virtue. This feeling is also reflected in the Prologue where the Lord says that effort and error are the path of the righteous man and ultimately that of salvation. Only with passivity would man go completely astray. These principles are however somewhat lost in the film adaptation due to the visual effects, but not completely. Looking back, we see that Faust never stopped his quest. He may have made many serious mistakes along the way, but there was always a part of him that knew deep down (especially in the play itself) that what he had with Margaret were true emotions of love and were only spoiled by the incessant sneaky feelings. Mephisto's plots that make him blind.