Deliberate juxtaposition of heaven/hell. Marlowe employs this to create controversy as ‘hell’ was a topic associated with taboo.
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Longs to challenge boundaries of humanity. Similar to Victor’s monster – Faustus wants to re-create self as ‘unhuman’ being. Horror genre before its time.
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Antithesis, gothic!
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Indulging Id – Freud! Faustus has weak superego.
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Evil side of human nature has taken over and engulfed him – doppelganger! Marlowe suggests we all have the potential to succumb to evil.
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Tries to repent. Climatic, intense. Does it out of fear and not through loyalty to Christianity. Classed as anti-hero? Has great potential but wastes it.
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Readers feel this is poetic justice. Marlowe ends it this way to provide Faustus with an appropriate comeuppance. Shows you cannot abandon God.
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Emphasises Faustus's sexual desire for Helen; projects his own idea of female perfection onto her; makes Helen accountable for the final act which damns Faustus - like Eve; desires to be in a sexual relationship with the Devil.
