TRAGIC TRAITS OF FAUSTUS IN MARLOWE’S DR. FAUSTUS: AN ACUTE STUDY

Author Name: V Devika

Volume/Issue: 02/12

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: https://www.doi-ds.org/doilink/06.2022-62381331/UIJIR

Affiliation:

M.A. Graduate G. Venkataswamy Naidu College, Kovilpatti, Tamil Nadu, India

ABSTRACT

This article is an analysis of the destruction of the protagonist named Dr. Faustus in Christopher Marlowe’s play The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus. Dr. Faustus is a morality play which revolved around the goods and evils for the downfall of the human spirit. In this play, Faustus was selected by Lucifer to give away his soul to the devil and led his life doom eternally. Dr. Faustus is a witful person in the field of law, divinity, logic and medicine, but he is not satisfied with his knowledge, he wanted to learn beyond the human limitations. This article deals with the sins committed by Dr. Faustus in this play. A whole shipload of sins, between them pride, despair and covetousness were work together for Dr.Faustus’s damnation. The evil spirit tempted him to fall for his own. He refused God and he gave his ears to the evil angels. Current research addresses the tragic sins of Doctor Faustus

Key words: Downfall, Sin, Tragic, Temptation.