Towards the end of his life Faustus is involved in the low comic scenes using his magic to gain money and impress uneducated people.
He appears to be losing clarity and a sense of identity especially by cheating the horse carrier.
His behaviour as a petty charlatan materialising a false leg to trick the horse carrier is contrasted with his reaction to the Duke of Vanholt's invitation which is close to servality.
In the courts of Duke of Vanholt he is represented as a magician and a learned man.
Other themes occur here: Faustus servility to the nobility; eating and appetites. Here too we see women treated as bodies rather than as people (the Duchess of Vanholt)
O, what a cozening doctor was this!
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