Who's Soul is This: Demystifying Part 2 of Faust by Johann Goethe

The excerpt that will be creatively presented in the form of a narrative is the last portion of the last scene in Faust, Part 2 by Johann Goethe. It begins with line 11,499, the last part of Palace to near the end of that scene, ending with line 11,675.

It so begins:

With warning, an angel of care who has been talking to Faust has blinded him because he was part of the blind human race. Faust is standing there, looking in no particular direction because he cannot see. He seems to be almost in a trance-like state and begins to speak as he is reflecting.

"The darkness is beginning to fill all of the spaces around me, but I see! Yes! I see that there is still a light within me that the darkness cannot reach. I must hasten my plans because my master orders that I am to leave soon and his orders are the only ones that matter."

Faust suddenly runs into the room that all of his "helpers" are sleeping in and starts yelling at them because he has had an insight.

"Okay, everyone, up! Wake up! It is time to get back to work. The time is near for the completion of my grand and glorious project!"

The Lemures, being the devilish creatures they are, sit up from their "beds" looking at each other, evilly grinning because they know the "real" project and that Faust does not have a clue as to the evil schemes they have designed with Mephistopheles, their leader, which is also precisely how they like to operate.

One lemur whispers to another, "He has got to be kidding! This guy is really out of it. You would think that if he were such a wise guy, he would at least have the sense to figure out what is really happening."

"You have got that right!" another lemur whispers. "He is so caught up in the excitement of the moment that he has no clue to what is really going on and won't he be surprised when he finds up what we are really up to! This is going to be great!"

Faust continues to speak, having absolutely no clue as to what the Lemures are saying, thinking they are becoming excited about his project with him and, all the while, he is speaking at a progressively faster rate because he is getting so excited about his "glorious project."