Seven Deadly sins in “Dr. Faustus” 
Name: Kishan Kubavat 
Semester-1 
Paper No:1 (The Renaissance Literature) 
PG Enrollment No: PG14101021 
Roll No:13 Year:2014-15 
Submitted to: Department of English S.B Gardi Maharaja 
Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University, Bhavnagar
• Dr. Faustus is very famous play by Christopher 
Marlow. 
• Faustus was knowledgeable, still he wanted more. 
• So he takes help of black magic- and Mephistophilis 
comes. 
• He tries to attract Faustus towards pitty things and at 
that time seven deadly sins comes. 
• According to Christianity one should avoid all this 
sins. 
Dr. Faustus
Seven Deadly sins 
Envy 
Covetousness 
Pride 
Wrath 
Gluttony 
Sloth 
Lechery
Envy 
• Feel jealousy from others. 
• Object of such feeling , 
desire for the qualities of 
another. 
• In “Dr. Faustus” Envy 
appears when he saw a 
power of God.
Pride 
• A feeling of honor and 
self respect. 
• Pleasure of taken in an 
achievement. 
• In Dr. Faustus Pride 
appears when he feels 
that he is more superior 
than others
Wrath 
• Extreme anger. 
• Forceful , violent. 
• In Dr. Faustus Wrath 
appears when he is not able 
to do anything in his life as 
he was intelligent.
Lechery 
• Sexual desires 
• A lecherous act 
• In Dr. Faustus Lechery 
appears when dancer 
who came from another 
world.
Gluttony 
• Excess in eating or drinking 
• In Dr. Faustus Gluttony 
appears when he wants 
much more power and 
position than others
• Laziness 
• Aversion to work 
• Slow moving 
• In Dr. Faustus Sloth appears 
when he got all kind of 
knowledge and he feels 
laziness from over 
knowledge. 
Sloth
Covetousness 
• Greediness 
• Eagerly desirous 
• In Dr. Faustus Covetousness 
appears when he wants to 
get more and more and it is 
sign of this sin.
Seven deadly sin in "Dr Faustus"

Seven deadly sin in "Dr Faustus"

  • 1.
    Seven Deadly sinsin “Dr. Faustus” Name: Kishan Kubavat Semester-1 Paper No:1 (The Renaissance Literature) PG Enrollment No: PG14101021 Roll No:13 Year:2014-15 Submitted to: Department of English S.B Gardi Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University, Bhavnagar
  • 2.
    • Dr. Faustusis very famous play by Christopher Marlow. • Faustus was knowledgeable, still he wanted more. • So he takes help of black magic- and Mephistophilis comes. • He tries to attract Faustus towards pitty things and at that time seven deadly sins comes. • According to Christianity one should avoid all this sins. Dr. Faustus
  • 3.
    Seven Deadly sins Envy Covetousness Pride Wrath Gluttony Sloth Lechery
  • 4.
    Envy • Feeljealousy from others. • Object of such feeling , desire for the qualities of another. • In “Dr. Faustus” Envy appears when he saw a power of God.
  • 5.
    Pride • Afeeling of honor and self respect. • Pleasure of taken in an achievement. • In Dr. Faustus Pride appears when he feels that he is more superior than others
  • 6.
    Wrath • Extremeanger. • Forceful , violent. • In Dr. Faustus Wrath appears when he is not able to do anything in his life as he was intelligent.
  • 7.
    Lechery • Sexualdesires • A lecherous act • In Dr. Faustus Lechery appears when dancer who came from another world.
  • 8.
    Gluttony • Excessin eating or drinking • In Dr. Faustus Gluttony appears when he wants much more power and position than others
  • 9.
    • Laziness •Aversion to work • Slow moving • In Dr. Faustus Sloth appears when he got all kind of knowledge and he feels laziness from over knowledge. Sloth
  • 10.
    Covetousness • Greediness • Eagerly desirous • In Dr. Faustus Covetousness appears when he wants to get more and more and it is sign of this sin.