This document provides an introduction and summary of Christopher Marlowe's play "Dr. Faustus". It discusses how the play tells the tragic story of Dr. Faustus, a man who sells his soul to the devil for power, knowledge, and status. It also explains the origin and concepts of the seven deadly sins in Christianity - pride, envy, lechery, wrath, gluttony, sloth, and covetousness - and how each sin is represented in the downfall of Dr. Faustus. The document was submitted as part of a college course on Renaissance literature.

1. DR. FAUSTUS
( TRAGEDY )
BY
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE
ToPIC
DR. FAUSTUS AS CHRISTIAN
TRAGEDY ( SEVEN DEADLY SINS)

2. Name:- Zala Krutikaba. D
Roll No.:- 20
Sem :- 1
2013-2014
Paper :- The Renaissance
Literature
submitted to :- Smt. S.B.
Gardi
Department of English
M.K Bhavnagar University

3. AN INTRODUCTION OF PLAY
“Dr. Faustus” the tragic history of whole life
and death of Dr. Faustus is written by English
dramatist Christopher Marlowe. In this play
there is a simply story of Dr. Faustus who was
born of lower class parents , in which how a
common man sells his soul to the devil for
more power, knowledge and position in his
life.
The story base on down fall of Dr. Faustus and
Christianity.

4. ORIGIN OF SEVEN DEADLY SINS
Origin of seven deadly sins also known as a
part of Christian ethics is a branch of
Christian theology ,depends on the concepts
of “right” (virtuous) and “Wrong” (sinful)
behavior from a Christian perspective.
If some one committed any of the seven deadly
sins they would be dam to Hell and they
become slave of these deadly sins.

8. SEVEN DEADLY SINS
PRIDE :-
ENVY :-
• A feeling honor and self
respect
• Pleasure of taken in an
achievement
• Root of all sins
• In Dr. Faustus PRIDE
appears when he feels that
he is more superior than
others.
• 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.

9. LECHERY
WRATH
• Sexual desires
• A lecherous act
• In Dr. Faustus LECHERY
appears when dancer who
came from another world.
• Extreme anger
• Forceful , violent
• In Dr. Faustus WRATH
appears when he is not
able to do anything in his
life as he was intelligent.

10. GLUTTAONY
SLOTH
• Excess in eating or drinking
• In Dr. Faustus GLUTTAONY
appears when he wants
much more power and
position than others.
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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.

11. COVETOUSNESS
• Greediness
• Eagerly desirous
• In Dr. Faustus
COVETOUSNESS appears
when he wants to get more
and more and it is sign of
this sin.

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