Mephistopheles
from Faust
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Monologue Text
Poor son of Earth, how couldst thou thus alone
Have led thy life, bereft of me?
I, for a time, at least, have worked thy cure;
Thy fancy's rickets plague thee not at all:
Had I not been, so hadst thou, sure,
Walked thyself off this earthly ball.
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Copyright Status
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Copyright and Performance Guidelines Statement
Public Domain
This monologue is reprinted from Faust. Translated to English by Bayard Taylor. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1898.
Author(s)
Character Name
Mephistopheles
Source Title
Faust
Source Type
Act / Scene
First Part of the Tragedy
Setting
Forest and Cave
Period
CLASSICAL
Publishing Status
PUBLISHED PIECE
Content Rating
SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES
Era
RENAISSANCE
Monologue Type
DRAMATIC
Gender
MALE (MASCULINE)
Age Range
40s - LATE
50s
Race / Ethnicity
CAUCASIAN
Dialect
STANDARD ENGLISH
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