Faustus

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makes it practical to speak of the damnation of both of these interesting characters almost simultaneously. Therefore, Marlowe and are both damned by their own self-improvement, not only by God, but also by themselves, and society.
Doctor opens with a depiction of as the perfect Renaissance man.
�He is partly an artist, who does not wish to glorify God, as his medieval predecessors did, but to applaud and please man; he is partly a scientist and philosopher, whose hope is to make man more godlike and not to justify his miserable life on earth; and, most significantly he is a Protestant, a Lutheran by training who has attempted through Reformation to escape the evils he associates with a Roman Catholic Church.� (source 5 113)
As the epitome of renaissance man, believes that he can infinitely improve himself (4 155). considers his life before his deal with Lucifer as one that has gone as far as current interests may carry him. He notes in the opening scene �Then read no ...

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is his only feasable option to become immortal. �He dismisses divinity because it seems to invite a hateful determinism which denies the real freedom to �settle�, �begin�, and �be��(source 10 158). � deal with Lucfier ultimately commits to this belief. By making a deal with Lucifer, he is putting into practice his belief that he can make himself immortal and challenge both God and death. Clearly, must believe that God exists since he emprically knows that Lucifer exists.
Even though knows that God exists he states, �The word damnation terrifies him not []� (Marlowe 25). This early lack of fear of damnation in stems from two different sources. The first of these two sources is ...

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