In the beginning I was just going to research Faust within German legends, but have decided to change my topic into a more in depth discussion of the tensions between magic and science. My second resource is my online articles, a majority of which are from the website www.faust.com. It has multiple different sections that talk about all the aspects of the legend. The demon Mephistopheles, (paranormal) magic, pacts with the devil, alchemy, astrology, Wicca, and all the other topics woven into the legend. The scholar and magician Faust has become withered with despair and decides to make a pact with the "devil" in exchange for youth, knowledge, and pleasures, and power, but with that comes eternal damnation.
Reading this source helped shaped my research paper because it gave me a more concrete discussion topic. It will give me more to discuss about since I can open the paper with the explanation of the legend, pull in the ties with alchemy and sorcery, and go into added religious tensions. There's always the question of if there's a logical reason behind something or not. Finding and reading this source has just really given me a lot more to think about and add into my outline for the final paper.
I love that you got to narrow your topic down into something more specific!! Its really great that you are enjoying your topic and learning a lot from it. I enjoy your topic and how its something that you dont hear about often, im very interested to see your final paper.
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