Faust 2000 A. D.
Jeffry Weiss
- Stephan
- Faust
- is
- a
- struggling
- attorney.
- But
- it
- is
- not
- just
- his
- practice
- that
- frustrates
- him.
- His
- physical
- deformities
- disgust
- him
- and
- make
- him
- doubt
- the
- benefit
- of
- his
- worth
- as
- a
- lawyer
- and
- even
- his
- value
- as
- a
- human
- being.When
- he
- denounces
- God,
- Mephistopheles
- is
- conjured
- up.
- Stephan
- is
- offered
- a
- deal:
- the
- life
- he
- has
- dreamed
- of
- for
- what
- he
- believes
- will
- require
- him
- to
- forfeit
- his
- soul.As
- every
- dream,
- fantasy,
- passion
- and
- wish
- is
- fulfilled,
- Stephan
- sinks
- deeper
- into
- a
- primitive
- state:
- a
- man
- ruled
- by
- his
- lust
- and
- carnal
- desires.
- Any
- thoughts
- he
- once
- held
- of
- being
- a
- benefit
- to
- mankind
- are
- quickly
- forgotten.Stephan
- turns
- to
- alcohol
- and
- drugs
- in
- order
- to
- forget
- his
- complicity
- in
- doing
- the
- devil's
- work:
- representing
- the
- worst,
- most
- evil
- me
- in
- society
- and
- the
- worldYet,
- without
- regard
- for
- self
- and
- his
- contract
- wit
- Mephistopheles,
- he
- also
- does
- the
- Lord's
- work.
- And
- while
- he
- dismisses
- his
- small
- contributions,
- they
- are
- not
- forgotten
- by
- the
- church
- and
- by
- the
- parishioners
- he
- helps.He
- fights
- with
- everything
- that
- is
- left
- in
- him
- to
- complete
- good
- causes
- before
- his
- time
- is
- up
- and
- he
- is
- taken
- by
- the
- Devil
- to
- Hell
- for
- eternity.When
- his
- forty
- years
- of
- having
- Mephistopheles
- as
- his
- host
- are
- complete,
- the
- Devil
- comes
- for
- his
- due.
- Yet
- an
- Angel,
- sent
- by
- God,
- intercedes
- in
- his
- favor
- and
- the
- Devil
- is
- cast
- off
- without
- the
- soul
- he
- promised Lucifer.
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