This Day in History: The opera "Mefistofele" premiered on this day in 1868. This opera was based on the Faust legend, one of the most popular story lines in literature and imagination. The idea that you can enter into a deal (contract/compact) with the devil has fascinated minds for centuries. This theme has been used in books (The Picture of Dorian Gray, Rosemary's Baby, Memnoch the Devil, The Bottle Imp by Robert Louis Stevenson, The Devil and Tom Walker etc), in movies (Crossroads, Sleepy Hollow, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Constantine, Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny, Ghost Rider, The Witch etc) and in songs ("The Devil Went Down to Georgia" by The Charlie Daniels Band, "Cross Road Blues" by Robert Johnson, "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen, "Deal with the Devil" by Judas Priest, "The Width of a Circle" by David Bowie, "The Black Rider" by Tom Waits etc) and TV and video games as well.
Even popes are said to have made compacts with the Devil. Read more at
https://thebookshelf2015.blogspot.com/2016/12/contracts-with-devil-by-george-jacob.html
No comments:
Post a Comment