Concetti Chiave
- Doctor Faustus, a German scholar, becomes disillusioned with traditional knowledge and turns to magic.
- Despite warnings, Faustus makes a pact with the devil Mephistopheles for 24 years of power and freedom.
- Faustus gains magical abilities but ultimately faces fear and remorse as his time runs out.
- In the end, Faustus is taken to hell by devils after his 24 years are completed.
- Faustus embodies the Renaissance spirit of human potential and the desire to control one's destiny.
The plot of doctor Faustus
Doctor Faustus is a respected German scholar dissatisfied with the limits of traditional forms of knowledge--logic, medicine, low and religion—So he decides to learn to practice magic , turning his attention to the dark arts. He meets Mephistopheles, a devil, and despite his warning about the horrors of hell, he asks him others 24 years of life and liberty. The request is granted and Faustus becomes a true magician; still, at the end, in the final night at the completion of 24 years he is overcome by fear and remorse, but it is too late since, a host of devils appears and carries his soul off to hell.
The Character: Faustus
Marlowe’s Faustus is for many aspects a particular and complex character.
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