TwentyFour Years in the Life of Dr Faustus

Christopher Marlowe’s play Doctor Faustus is the story of a selfish Renaissance-era man who sold his soul to the devil in order to further his knowledge of things beyond man’s normal state of being. Faustus was a doctor with a degree in divinity who was highly respected among his fellow scholars. Seemingly bored with the way his life was going, Faustus yearned for more knowledge. He gained a new interest in magic, and …

…not believing as they should be. Christopher Marlowe’s play Doctor Faustus is about what can happen to a person who becomes greedy. Faustus only wanted more knowledge, but he ended up eternally damned to hell. It is, in effect, a lesson used to scare those who are willing to believe it. Even if it wasn’t written in jest, Marlowe’s play still stands today a lesson in morality for anyone who reads it.