Faust and Margaret Photogravure from the original painting by Carl Becker HE handsome Faust, whose mind had hitherto been filled only a scholar's ideas and ambitions, meets the beautiful Margaret returning from church with a heart attuned to sacred emotions. They are mutually attracted, on observing which Mephis topheles, the Devil, who has taken human shape to beguile Faust, Ismiles to himself in the background. |