Mephistopheles
Example Sentences
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Film and novel are umbilically linked, however, by the basic gambit—a “motiveless” crime committed by strangers and therefore difficult to solve—as well as by a riff on the Faust legend, with Bruno as Mephistopheles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Parker was Presley’s manager for most of his career, and Hanks portrays him as part small-time grifter, part full-blown Mephistopheles.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2022
The show featured Valk as Faustus, the singer Suzzy Roche as Mephistopheles and sound designer John Collins as a talking snake.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 26, 2016
Slipak, who had won fame in France for his renditions of the aria of Mephistopheles from the opera “Faust,” adopted the nom-de-guerre Meph.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 1, 2016
Marguerite rushes into the house, and Faust is aroused by the unwelcome voice of Mephistopheles.
From Stars of the Opera by Mabel Wagnalls
