Faust is the protagonist of a classic German legend.
Faust and the adjective Faustian imply a situation in which an ambitious person surrenders moral integrity in order to achieve pow.
The Faust legend has been the basis for many literary, artistic, cinematic, and musical works that have reinterpreted it through the ages.
He is a scholar who is highly successful yet dissatisfied with his life, so he makes a pact with the Devil, exchanging his soul for unlimited knowledge and worldly pleasures.
Faust is the protagonist of a classic German legend