Who Is Faust A Victim Of His Free Will

In the story, Faust (Part One), a professor named Faust is unsatisfied with his life and is suffering from a philosophical dilemma. Faust happens to be God’s favorite person. The devil, aka Mephistopheles, strikes up a bet with God that he get Faust to behave in an unrighteous way. Because Faust is so depressed and feels alienated, when he meets Mephistopheles, he decides to sell his soul to him in a pact. In that moment, Faust is forced to choose between his fate (and predestination) and his free will. After reading the story, it is clear that Faust is a victim of his free will as he strives to find the greater meaning to his life. .

When Faust chooses to sell his soul, he is unknowingly settling for and accepting his own fate. If he would have not done this, he would have the free will to choose his actions differently but that would mean taking some responsibility for the consequences of his actions. Because Faust believes that he was predestined to be damned from

“Get me that girl, do you hear, you must!” he tells Mephistopheles (ln 2410). He falls for Gretchen (also known as Margarete), who is pure and innocent. She ends up dying because of Faust because she starts making bad decisions after meeting him. Faust blames himself for her death. She is admitted into heaven for admitting her sins and because her intentions weren’t evil.

If Faust would have just accepted his fate and the knowledge that he was supposed to have rather than trying to get more than he should, he would have not given in to the devil and the temptations that came with the pact. When he made the deal, he put himself in a position to make poor choices and to put others in danger. He only made the pact because he could not be satisfied with his own predestination and the limits placed on mankind. Because he wanted more, he made the deal and went down a path of tragedy and