![]() ![]() Mephistopheles distracts him with a dance of devils and gives him a book filled with knowledge.įaustus, after some time, curses Mephistopheles for causing him to lose any prospect of heaven. He receives a warning and is nearly overcome by fear. In return for his immortal soul, Faustus will be granted twenty-four years of power, with Mephistopheles as his servant.įaustus begins to have second thoughts, but he rationalizes them away and signs away his soul in his own blood. Eventually, Faustus summons the devil Mephistopheles and the terms of their pact are agreed upon. Two fellow scholars, Valdes and Cornelius, teach him the fundamentals of black magic. What is left for him, he thinks, but magic? He is offered a choice of Christian conscience by a good angel, and the path to damnation by an evil angel. Doctor Faustus, a talented German scholar who decries the limits of human knowledge, believes that he has learned all that can be learned by conventional means. ![]()
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