Doctor Faustus, also called The Tragic Story of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus is a play by Christopher Marlowe. This play is based on a German story in which a man sells his soul to the devil in search of knowledge and power (sales 340. The protagonist of this play is Doctor Faustus. Doctor Faustus was hungry for power and knowledge and he was looking for them; he sold his soul to the devil At first, he was very happy with the praise he received from the people who considered him a hero. Later, Faustus learns that he made a big mistake in selling his soul. to hell for twenty years. -four years. Even if he felt remorse for his mistakes, it was already late for him. He was later found dead and torn from limb to limb. who only thought about power and never thought about it eternal damnation The protagonist of Marlowe's play is Faustus is depicted as a contradictory and ambitious character Moreover, he was motivated by greed, blind and ready. will do anything to gain powers, even if it meant selling your soul to the devil. introduces us to the protagonist as he prepares to embark on a journey to gain more powers and become a magician. He is blinded by greed and never thinks about what might happen if things don't go well (Austen2). All the protagonist thought about was how he was going to use the power he was going to get from the devil and how he was going to become rich with his powers as a magician. Marlowe portrays the central character as blind, arrogant, glorious and ambitious. However, his ambitions were so great that instead of pitying him, the reader feels impressed by what he plans to do with his powers after selling his soul to...... middle of paper. .....the greatest scholar he was, other than being condemned. Works CitedKeefer, Michael. "Introduction". Doctor Faustus: a critical edition. Ontario: Broadview, 2008. Print. Austen, Glyn. “The Strange Ambiguity of Christopher Marlowe and Dr. Faustus: Glyn Austen examines the powerful paradoxes of Dr. Faustus in light of his literary and intellectual context. » The English Review 14.1 (2003): 2Marlowe, Christopher. Doctor Faust. Ed. Sylvain Barnett. New York: Signet, 2001. Sales, Roger. Christopher Marlowe. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991. Print. Tydeman, William. Doctor Faustus: Text and Performance. Basingstoke, England: Macmillan, 1984. Print.Snow, Edward A. "Marlowe's Doctor Faustus and the Ends of Desire." Two Renaissance mythmakers: Christopher Marlowe and Ben Jonson. Ed. Alvin Kernan. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997. Print.