Dr. Faustus

Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus is a psychological study of inner struggle. One of the most prominent themes in Doctor Faustus is the conflict between good and evil within the human soul. Marlowe’s play set the precedent for religious works concerned with morals and suffering. The play is centered on the title character, Doctor Faustus who is painted by Marlowe as an ambivalent character who is easily led down a path of agnostic tendencies. …

…Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus shows the reader that everything in the mortal world is a double-edged sword. In his never-ending quest for knowledge and greatness, Faustus exemplifies how even scholarly life can have evil undertones when ambition is used for unholy purposes. Doctor Faustus’ rootless faith coupled with his whimsical identity completes and guarantees his damnation. Faustus sells his soul for what he believes to be limitless power, what price would you pay? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**