Dr. Faustus Morality Play And How Its Different.
Jacinto Evangelista
May 14, 2008
There are many ways in which Dr. Faustus resembles medieval morality plays. Morality plays use allegorical characters to teach the audience moral lessons, typically of a Christian nature. In the story of Dr.Faustus we see how his trend with his sin of excessive pride, which led him to become a greedy person, obsess with knowing everything about life. In this story we also see how a good angel, a bad angel and an old man try to tell Dr.Faustus what type of decision to make.
In the play Dr. Faustus we see how he came from a respected and admired person by society to a corrupted person. He embarked on this path due to his temptations. At the beginning of the story scene 1(80-84) “Shall I make spirits fetch me what I please, perform what desperate enterprise I will? Have them fly to India for gold, Ransack the ocean for orient pearl.” In this part we have both angels telling DR. Faustus what to do. But he only seems to listen to......
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