Comparing Faust And Jabez's Submissions

Faust is someone who, “consciously, and usually irrevocably, betrays his sense of what is right in order to gain some desired advantage, and who thereby loses what is most precious and valuable about human life.” (Hedges, 2005) “Here, on this earth, my pleasures have their sources Yon sun beholds my sorrows in his courses. And when from these my life itself divorces, Let happen all that can or will” (Scott, 2016). As a legend, Faust is represented as a man whose violent death made people believe he had a pact with the Devil. He even had tales of necromancy attached to his death. Faust acts a negative role model, a warning for the public about their actions and the evil they may commit. (Hedges, 2005) Take for example his desire to show off,

As a myth, the story makes us question who were are, and why we are here/what is our purpose in life. For example, Faust thirsts after knowledge because he believes it will unlock the key to the universe.
Through exaggerated actions, careful selection of attire, and camera angles, the directors and actors of these films were able to represent that both Jabez’s and Faust’s submissions to the sins of life create death and sorrow in their surroundings. As noted in the several examples placed throughout this essay, it becomes how important these elements of film are to the entire plot and meanings of these two movies. Mise-en-scene (the sets, locations, actors, props, costumes, light, and shadow) is made up of a variety of film members and everything on screen in a film has been deliberately included at an artist’s direction and for a purpose. And so simply the color of an actor’s attire in contrast

This desire to be the best at everything, to possess more than those around you and to live a simpler, easier life has the ability to change people for the worse. It is a thought that can consume one’s mind and actions. And it can cause people to take extreme risks that they normally would never think of. Ultimately, greed is detriment on the individual, and serves as a driving force behind these character’s motivations, ultimately leading to their respective downfalls. In The Devil and Daniel Webster and Faust, it can be seen how two men with originally good intentions, let their human instincts and desires take over them to the point where they hurt not just themselves, but those close to them and those that they love dearly. And though they might not be bad people at heart, it just goes to show that sometimes things can be too good to be true, that things should never be taken for granted, and that while it is not wrong to dream of a better life, achieving that dream in unjust ways will lead to only more misery in the