Dr. Faustus
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, written by Christopher, is the story of a man that represents the common human dissatisfaction with being human. He sells his soul to the devil for what he believes to be limitless power, with full logical knowledge as to the consequences of such a transaction. He knows the stakes of his gamble ....
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.... his physical reality. When Faustus meets with Mephistopheles (a messenger of the devil) he is frightened and demands a new appearance for his devil servant.
"I charge thee to return and change thy shape; Thou art to ugly to attend on me.
Go, and return an old Franciscan friar; That holy shape becomes a devil best." (Marlowe p.14)
By choosing Mephistopheles to change his form, he is almost sugar coating the reality of having a real devil serve him.
He also brought his own downfall upon hi ....
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