Analysis Of Doctor Faustus

The common definition of sin is considered to be an immoral act against divine law or morality. When a person knowingly makes a decision or a choice they know is wrong for their own benefit. A consequence for such action is almost always ultimate in time. Dr. Faustus in Christopher Marlowe’s famous play Doctor Faustus is primarily based on the story of a man who sells his soul to the devil for his own gain of power and knowledge. He commits his tragic sins in defiance of God and religion and chooses not to repent until it’s too late. Faustus exceeded in his studies and was very accomplished with his knowledge in science and medicine. It was the late 1500’s era and the culture of society was changing. A man was able to do and create and technological

Faustus own moral wants of having a wife is traditional and denied by Mephistopheles. A family and wife would conjure godly thought and would possess life miracles in the sense if a child was born and it is not in the interest of the Devil or Mephistopheles for Faustus to have this wish. It would steer him to the lightened path, instead he is promised courtesans in his bed to fulfill his need and is differed from his natural thought so he is distracted by the devil with spectacles and

After all his adventures and jestering throughout the world, Faustus’s desire to repent and cries out for Christ to redeem him in his last hour. It was too late and redemption was no longer possible because he denounced his faith so many times that it leads one to believe if it was a true repentance at all. Some sins cannot be forgiven when committed over and over again throughout one’s lifetime and our dear Dr. Faustus has had many a chance to save his own