Lack of Inner Strength in Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe

Lack of Inner Strength in Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe

Keywords: Resolution, Determination, Scholar, Knowledge

            Doctor Faustus may not have determination, a scholar deserves. He is introduced, as a scholar who has vast knowledge of logic, medicine, law, and religion. He is famous for having knowledge about logic, medicine, law and religion. Being a scholar he should be curious in learning. A scholar has inner strength which can’t be seen in Dr Faustus. He shouldn’t be interested in superfluous things like magic or laugh at others.

            Dr Faustus has no resolution of learning knowledge. He doesn’t show deep interest in any subject. A scholar’s intellectual powers are determined and don’t satisfy with superfluous things.  Whenever Mephistopheles and Lucifer please him he enjoys temporarily.

            The event of personifications of Seven Deadly Sins shouldn’t impress him. False images can’t appeal to a scholar who is learned person. He accepts magic and spell even on the cost of  be condemned . It seems strange that Faustus becomes happy on getting rich gifts and a book to learn magic. Such things should be like a toy for him. There is no discussion and no exposure of scholarly knowledge. Fact is once a person becomes scholar he can’t ignore the depth of knowledge.

             Faustus gains limitless power however, his horizons seem to narrow. On the other hand conjuring tricks gives him strange delight. Gaining absolute power corrupts Faustus by making him mediocre. He is transformed into a person who is delight in petty things.