Doctor Faustus by Marlowe

Doctor Faustus by Marlowe   

        Doctor Faustus, indeed, is a tragic hero. His Black deeds lead him to disaster. Despite repentance, he is punished. His all escaping ways fail to save him from declination. We can say that Marlowe, by this play, wants to say that if we go against God, we will have to pay a great cost or we will be punished.

In case of Doctor Faustus, we can say that how a scholar was tempted. His excessive desires for knowledge invites calamity for him. Doctor Faustus is after all a human being and like a human being, he repents on his sin which destroys his whole life. His knowledge has made him blind. He signs the pact, at that time, it was way to achieve his goal or only the pact, but later on he realizes that what he did. His all powers become curse for him.

  Whenever he tries to repent, he was prevented from repenting by Lucifer and Mephastophilis. After signing the pact, he is dilemma that he has to fulfil his desires or to repent and seek mercy of god for his guilt.

   In scene – 13, he has awaked with the reality that what will happen with him in coming future? We feel pity and fear for Doctor Faustus. We sympathize on seeing his worst condition. Doctor Faustus cries out and repents on his crime. He feels that he is passing his last night on the earth alone. He is full of frightened and regretful. He blames on his parents. He remorse that why was I born ever with soul? He said that his tragic end is pre-destined because his ego doesn’t want to leave him.

    Marlowe has showed Doctor Faustus as the man of the Renaissance time against the Medieval time. Marlowe has also showed that in the Renaissance time, “Human being” is at the center but in the Medieval time “God” is at the center and this trend is altered in the Renaissance time. Doctor Faustus is presented as an example that shows the Renaissance concept. But here, we knew the desires of Doctor Faustus which are so grand. He can do anything for satisfying his desires. But Doctor Faustus chose evil path for getting his goal and it propelled him towards his doom.