Satan dangles all manner of temptation before individuals in an attempt to lure them away from his archenemy, God. More commonly, the selling of one’s soul to the devil, is commonly associated with anyone who is willing to do that which is immoral, unseemly or otherwise evil, to amass wealth, gain power or fame, or achieve a seemingly unattainable degree of personal pleasure. Here a man exchanges his soul (that part of him that is eternal) for 24 years of pleasure, wealth and magical powers. The idea derives from an ancient German parable and subsequent Elizabethan play entitled The Tragicall History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus. Usually, when someone thinks of selling one’s soul, he or she thinks of selling it to the devil, aka Satan.
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