Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlow
1. Here shows the " Devil's win"..which shows very conflict sitiation of Good's absence and presence of Evil..which is also presented conflict between Moral and Immoral..
Here we have a Question that who shold win at last?Devil or God ?
2.) Yes, the God is very much present in the play , even though he never appears as a character , but he is there in the mind of the characters .
We find God in the form of Good Angel , who warns Dr.Faustus to leave his desire to learn necromancy :“ O Faustus , lay that damned book aside ,
And gaze not on it lest it tempt thy soul “ - (Act 1- scene 1)
Good Angel also urges him to repent :
“ Faustus , repent, yet God will pity thee “ -( Act 2 - scene 2)
If we say that Good Angel symbolises voice of his conscience , then where does this voice comes from ? It comes from within . That means there is some kind of spirituality in Faustus .
In the Act 1 , we also find that Dr.Faustus had studied the Divinity which shows that there is a spiritual aspect somewhere in him .
We also see God’s sign in the play . When Dr.Faustus signs the contract with his blood , suddenly the blood congeals and he finds something written in Latin.....’’HOMO FUGE ‘’. It means ‘’ O Man Fly ‘’. It was a warning to Faustus not to sign the bond :
‘’ Homo Fuge! Whither should I flie ?
If unto God , he’ll , throw me down to hell.
My senses are deceive’d : here’s nothing writ ! ‘’ -( Act 2 - scene 1)
We can also find presence of the God in form of the Old Man . He is seen in the last part of the play . It can be said that it was the last try by the God to save Faustus . He urges Faustus to repent :
“ O stay , good Faustus , stay thy desperate steps !
I see an angel hovers o’er thy head ,
And with a vial full of precious grace ,
Offers to pour the same into thy soul,
Then call for mercy and avoid despair “ – ( Act 5 - scene 1)
A question might arise that if God is present , why does evil wins . God tries to help Faustus in one or the other way . Faustus’s thinks himself powerful . His hubris is the reason of his downfall . Despite of many warnings , he doesn’t stop . And when he realises it is too late.
Every coin has two sides , but we cannot see both the side together . we see presence of Devil , but also the shadow of God in one or the other way.
3) Greek myth of icurus , a boy whose father daeduls gave him wings made out of feather and besswex. Icurus did not heed his father’s warning and flew too close the sun from causing his wings too meet and snding him pluging his death .same way Faustus will “mount above his reach” and suffer a consequences. Faustus swalling pride will lead to his down fall.
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