Get to know Mephistopheles better with 3 real example sentences, the meaning.
Mephistopheles in a sentence
Mephistopheles meaning
The Devil to whom Faust sold his soul in the legend.
Synonyms of Mephistopheles
Using Mephistopheles
- The main meaning on this page is: The Devil to whom Faust sold his soul in the legend.
- Useful related words include: evil spirit.
Context around Mephistopheles
- Average sentence length in these examples: 33 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Mephistopheles
- In this selection, "mephistopheles" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 33 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, gay and skal stand out and add context to how "mephistopheles" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a gay mephistopheles skal p and ambitious like mephistopheles he has. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "mephistopheles" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with mephistopheles
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Like Faust, he’s incessantly creative and ambitious; like Mephistopheles, he has in a sardonic eye for human vanity and striving. (21 words)
On a fall evening in 1883, the Metropolitan Opera opened its doors for the first time with a performance of “Faust,” the classic tale of a man who sells his soul to Mephistopheles to gain power and pleasure. (38 words)
Pretorius serves as a "gay Mephistopheles ", Skal, p. 185 a figure of seduction and temptation, going so far as to pull Frankenstein away from his bride on their wedding night to engage in the unnatural act of non-procreative life. (40 words)
Pretorius serves as a "gay Mephistopheles ", Skal, p. 185 a figure of seduction and temptation, going so far as to pull Frankenstein away from his bride on their wedding night to engage in the unnatural act of non-procreative life. (40 words)
On a fall evening in 1883, the Metropolitan Opera opened its doors for the first time with a performance of “Faust,” the classic tale of a man who sells his soul to Mephistopheles to gain power and pleasure. (38 words)
Like Faust, he’s incessantly creative and ambitious; like Mephistopheles, he has in a sardonic eye for human vanity and striving. (21 words)
Example sentences (3)
On a fall evening in 1883, the Metropolitan Opera opened its doors for the first time with a performance of “Faust,” the classic tale of a man who sells his soul to Mephistopheles to gain power and pleasure.
Like Faust, he’s incessantly creative and ambitious; like Mephistopheles, he has in a sardonic eye for human vanity and striving.
Pretorius serves as a "gay Mephistopheles ", Skal, p. 185 a figure of seduction and temptation, going so far as to pull Frankenstein away from his bride on their wedding night to engage in the unnatural act of non-procreative life.