PACTUL DEMONIC ȘI CONSECINȚELE SALE ÎN SCRIERILE LUI J. W. GOETHE ȘI GALA GALACTION
THE DEMONIC PACT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES IN J. W. GOETHE AND GALA GALACTION’S WRITINGS

Summary/Abstract: Both J. W. Goethe and Gala Galaction are well known for them addiction to the demonic pact used in the german novel Faust and in romanian story Călifar’s mill. Using as starting point the famous folk legend The Tragicall Histoire of Dr. Faustus, Goethe’ writing has a lot of common points with the Galaction’s story. Faust, the main character of the german novel, choose to join the Devil, in exchange for the material goods promised. In the end, the Devil disguised in Mefisto will steal Faust’s soul andhe will cause the death of the character. The old science man will enjoy again by youth and beauty as no one ever had. All his wishes fulfilled by Mefisto bring him fleeting satisfaction that will go aut in a minute. The main character of Gala Galaction’s story, Călifar, has already chosen the evil side of the universe. The man who lives at an old mill draws irresistible traps for the human beings who want to get rich fast and easy. So, the old wizard manages to fool a young boy, Stoicea, orphan and very poor. The boy will live an illusion that seems like it lasts for centuries, but in reality the dream was a work of the devil incarnate in Călifar. Stoicea dreams that he is young, he has a wife, a beautiful houseand a lot of children, all these due to the spells of Călifar. The spell is wasted as fast as it came and all the goods disappear at the behest of the Devil. As punishment Stoicea kills the wizard and then he commits suicide, but his ghost will haunt forever the mill. Both stories have a moral in the end showing the consequences of the devil pact. The human being is destroyed but his cursed soul will work for the devil even after his death. The right to choose is a big responsibility for each of us for that the choice we made will change the course of own our life.

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