The Call of Evil in Dr. FaustusChristopher Marlowe had a deep insight into what his audience wanted. The public of the time wanted to be wild and wicked, but because of the strong influence of the Church, this was not possible. Most people want to see violence, sin, and give in to temptation, but cannot because of the label society and the Church give them. Marlowe gave them a play where they could see and experience all the things people wanted to do but couldn't or wouldn't because they were dangerous and sinful. In the first act, Marlowe sets up the dramatic invocation of the Devil. Marlowe first lets Faustus describe the setting: Faustus. Now let the dark shadow of night, longing to see Orion's drizzly gaze, leaps from the Antarctic world into the sky and darkens the world with its sharp breath……(I.iii, 1-4) If we look at this Along the way, we see many references to the appearance of the stage and the atmosphere of the audience. First, Faustus declares that the setting is now perfect to begin the invocation of the Devil. Darkness covered the stage and the audience as the dark shadow of the night obscured everything. The darkness was so low and black that Orion could not even be seen. Faustus then described the smell of the air, the smell of pitch, the smell of hell! The audience was both intrigued and horrified. Now that the setting has been set and the audience's interest has been piqued, the incantations can begin: Faustus, begin your incantations and test whether the devils will obey your commands, seeing that you have prayed and sacrificed to them. In this circle is the name of Jehovah anagrammatized forward and backward, The abbreviated names of the holy saints, the figures of every annex to the heavens, and the characters of the signs and wandering stars, by which the spirits are forced to ascend : (I.iii, 5-13). Here we see that Faustus begins to rise. summon the devils from the depths of hell. Faustus claims that he sacrificed and prayed to them, that he anagrammatized the name of Jehovah. At this point, the audience would have been truly frightened. They would be afraid of what God might do to make Faustus take the names of holy men, change the letters and spell the words..