Mephistopheles
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Film and novel are umbilically linked, however, by the basic gambit—a “motiveless” crime committed by strangers and therefore difficult to solve—as well as by a riff on the Faust legend, with Bruno as Mephistopheles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
But the old stories of the magicians and their bargains, of Faust and his Mephistopheles, suggest that we would be wise to fear apparent obedience as well.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2023
Höfgen’s most acclaimed role — and yes, he’s talented — is as the demon Mephistopheles in Goethe’s “Faust,” who persuades the hero to sell his soul in return for worldly wealth, status and pleasure.
From New York Times ● Sep. 11, 2020
Like Faust, he’s incessantly creative and ambitious; like Mephistopheles, he has in a sardonic eye for human vanity and striving.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 16, 2018
His eyebrows rise a little, like those of Mephistopheles, towards his temples, with an expression that is inflexibly sarcastic, and sometimes menacing.
From Checkmate by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
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