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Character study:
Mephistopheles &
Faustus




 Prepared by
 Gohil Hetalba C
 M.A-2, SEM.-1
 Roll NO. 05
 Department of English
Faustian Bargain
 To be or Not to      Dr Faustus
                     Intellectual Pride,   Necromancy
 be ?(repent or                              (Willful
      not?)             Lack of inner
                          strength          Blindness)




                        God                Knowledge
Mephistophilis                               Power
   Tragic hero



                         Lucifer
                     Faustus’s soul
Individual Benefit or Benefit of
                society?
Dr faustus           Prometheus
Tragic hero and Renaissance character



 Ugly Hell,gape not!Come not,Lucifer!
 I’II burn my books!Ah,Mephistophilis!
Mephistophilis
• “ Why this is hell, nor am I out of it.
   Think’st thou that I, who saw the face of God,
  And tasted the eternal joys of heaven,
  Am not tormented with ten thousand hells
  In being deprived of everlasting bliss?”
Works Cited

1. "Character of Dr.Faustus" StudyMode.com. 10 2011. 10 2011
   <http://www.studymode.com/essays/Character-Of-Dr-Faustus-803094.html>.

2 SparkNotes Editors. “SparkNote on Doctor Faustus.” SparkNotes.com. SparkNotes LLC. 2003.
Web. 17 Oct. 2012.
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The renaissance literature

  • 1. Character study: Mephistopheles & Faustus Prepared by Gohil Hetalba C M.A-2, SEM.-1 Roll NO. 05 Department of English
  • 2. Faustian Bargain To be or Not to Dr Faustus Intellectual Pride, Necromancy be ?(repent or (Willful not?) Lack of inner strength Blindness) God Knowledge Mephistophilis Power Tragic hero Lucifer Faustus’s soul
  • 3. Individual Benefit or Benefit of society? Dr faustus Prometheus
  • 4. Tragic hero and Renaissance character Ugly Hell,gape not!Come not,Lucifer! I’II burn my books!Ah,Mephistophilis!
  • 5. Mephistophilis • “ Why this is hell, nor am I out of it. Think’st thou that I, who saw the face of God, And tasted the eternal joys of heaven, Am not tormented with ten thousand hells In being deprived of everlasting bliss?”
  • 6. Works Cited 1. "Character of Dr.Faustus" StudyMode.com. 10 2011. 10 2011 <http://www.studymode.com/essays/Character-Of-Dr-Faustus-803094.html>. 2 SparkNotes Editors. “SparkNote on Doctor Faustus.” SparkNotes.com. SparkNotes LLC. 2003. Web. 17 Oct. 2012.