In a Goethe work, this title character is tempted by the devil Mephistopheles
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe read, Mephostophiles is a devil in the ... frequently 
figures as a title character: in Meyer Lutz' Mephistopheles,... [DOC] [TLE] Faust Study Questions - Washington State University [PAR] Jun 14, 1995 ...