Essay from the year 2004 in the subject Russian / Slavic Languages, grade: 96%, eqals 1,0, The University of Western Ontario, course: The bible and 20th century literature, language: English, abstract: The essay is written in english. It is a comparative study of the devil figure in Goethe's "e;Faust"e; and the presentation of the devil in the bible. The focus lies on on Bulgakov's devil figuration, however. The essay also deals with the Gnostic aspects in "e;Master and Margarita"e;. Most of the quoted literature is available in the MLA database.