Faust (1808) opens up on a strange bet between Heaven and Earth: God, who trusts in human nature, grants the devil to induce a man into temptation. Under the traits of Mephistopheles, the devil proposes a pact to Faust, a disillusioned scientist: in exchange for his soul, he promises to satisfy him eternally his thirst for knowledge and enjoyment... Through the rewriting of this fascinating myth, Goethe explores the trailments of the human soul and penetrates, beyond the tragic destiny of this modern Prometheus, to the archanes of the human mind and heart.