Doctor Faustus Questions on Mephistophilis
Doctor Faustus
Why can't Mephistophilis provide Faustus with a wife in Doctor Faustus?
Mephistophilis can't provide Faustus with a wife, because marriage is a holy sacrament. It is wholly under the control of God and therefore cannot be performed by those who reside in hell.
Doctor Faustus
Compare Faustus and Mephistophilis in Marlowe’s The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus.
In Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe, both Faustus and Mephistophilis are proud figures who are tragically separated from God for all eternity because of their own arrogance. Mephistophilis is a...
Doctor Faustus
What is your interpretation of this extract from Doctor Faustus?
This extract from Doctor Faustus highlights the contrast between Faustus's arrogance and Mephistophilis's regret. Mephistophilis, once an angel, laments his fall from grace and warns Faustus about...