Doctor Faustus ,a well respected German scholar,he is dissatisfied with the limits of traditional forms of knoedge logic medicine,law religion and decides that he wants to learn to practice magic .his friends valdes and Cornelius instructs him in the black arts ,and he begins his new career as a megician by summoning up Mephistopheles,a devil.
Faustus cells his soul to Lucifer in exchange of 24 years of immense power but the desire to repent begins to plague him as the fear of hell grows in him.lucifer is Prince of devil's,the ruller of hell and Mephistopheles master.faustus study to dark magic and his initial conversation with Mephistopheles.
Mephistopheles returns with the word that Lucifer has accepted Faustus offer. Later Mephistopheles answer all of his questions answers all of his questions about nature of the world,refusing to answer only when Faustus ask him who made the universe.
He goes to Pope's court in rome,makes him invisible and plays a series of tricks.he disrupts the Pope's banquet by stealing food and boxing the Pope's ears. He travels through courts of Europe ,with his fame spreading as he goes. Eventually he is inviter to the court of German emperor Charles v , enemy of pipe who asks Faustus to allow him to see Alexander the great,the famed fourth century B.C. mecedonian king and conqueror. Faustus conjures up an image of Alexander and Charles is suitably impressed. A knight scoffs at Faustus powers and chastises him by making antlers sprout from his head.furious ,the knight revenge.
Faustus cells his soul to Lucifer in exchange of 24 years of immense power but the desire to repent begins to plague him as the fear of hell grows in him.lucifer is Prince of devil's,the ruller of hell and Mephistopheles master.faustus study to dark magic and his initial conversation with Mephistopheles.
Mephistopheles returns with the word that Lucifer has accepted Faustus offer. Later Mephistopheles answer all of his questions answers all of his questions about nature of the world,refusing to answer only when Faustus ask him who made the universe.
He goes to Pope's court in rome,makes him invisible and plays a series of tricks.he disrupts the Pope's banquet by stealing food and boxing the Pope's ears. He travels through courts of Europe ,with his fame spreading as he goes. Eventually he is inviter to the court of German emperor Charles v , enemy of pipe who asks Faustus to allow him to see Alexander the great,the famed fourth century B.C. mecedonian king and conqueror. Faustus conjures up an image of Alexander and Charles is suitably impressed. A knight scoffs at Faustus powers and chastises him by making antlers sprout from his head.furious ,the knight revenge.
As the twenty four years of his deal with Lucifer come to a close, Faustus begins dlead his impending death. He has Mephistopheles call up Helen of Troy,the famous beauty from the ancient world and uses her presence to impress a group of scholars. An old man urges Faustus to repent but Faustus drives him away.time growing shorts . Faustus tells the scholars about his pact,and they are horror stricken and resolveti pray for him.on the final night before the expiration of the twenty four years, Faustus is overcome by fear and remorse. He begs for mercy but it is too late. At midnight a host of devil's appears and carries his soul off to hell . In the morning the scholars find Faustus's limbs and decide to hold a funeral for him.
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