Marlowe’s Dr. Faustus For Dummys - 569 Words

This story is not like any other story; Dr. Faustus was a man who basically got bored with the way things were being taken care of such as law, religion and logic. He decides he wants to learn how to do magic but he needs help doing so, he has friends teach him black magic, when he is finally skilled enough he summoned a demon named Mephistopheles. This demon explains to Dr. Faustus about the treacherous things about hell but Dr. Faustus ignores them and goes and tells Mephistopheles to ask Lucifer to accept his deal. Mephistopheles returns with the news and Dr. Faustus signs the deal in blood. Many would say Marlowe’s play is about sin and knowledge, but its more just about Faustus being a jokester and that there is nothing intelligent about him. The author described Dr. Faustus as a man who was bored with his work who did every sin there such as gluttony to sloth. After he committed the sins he gets into magic, using his magic abilities he summons a demon named Mephistopheles, Faustus tells the demon to return to Lucifer and tell him that he will exchange twenty-four years of service from the demon in exchange for his soul. Mephistopheles returns to Faustus saying that Lucifer has accepted the offer. As all of this is happening the Dr’s assistant is practicing his dark magic skills, and summons up a clown named robin to help assist them. Dr. Faustus thinks about asking for forgiveness from God but the temptation is too great and signs the deal in blood. A Latin saying