"'I let him run on, this papier-mache Mephistopheles, and it seemed to me that if I tried I could poke my forefinger through him, and would find nothing but a little loose dirt, maybe.'" (100)
Mephistopheles all came to be in the Faust legend where it came to be as a demon. Now Mephistopheles is usually recognized as the devil. Conrad references to the devil appear many times through out Marlow's difficult journey. The reason for this is perhaps because of all the death and poor morals incorporated in the story.
"Mephistopheles -." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Web. 14 Sept. 2009. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mephistopheles.
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