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Acts Of Justice In Dr Faustus

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Hello today I will discuss the book Dr Faustus by Christopher Marlowe. I will talk about weather Faustus’s damnation was tragic or an act of justice? Although this debate isn’t as intense as the Snape debate it is quite interesting when you think about it. But before I get started I want to give an example that is kind of like Faustus. Has anyone here watched the anime Death note? Well is basically about a genius boy named Light who is obsessed with the idea of justice. Sort of like Faustus however he is obsessed with the search for knowledge. Anyway he finds a book in which he can write people’s names and instantly kill them. And like Faustus He believes god is unjust and he is manipulated by the death god who is the true owner of the notebook into using it to become ‘God of the new world’. The death god can only get the notebook back once Light renounces it or dies and the death god gets his soul as well. But in this show unlike Faustus Light can gain redemption only by renouncing the book. Therefor Light goes on a killing spree killing …show more content…

He knowingly pushed his search for knowledge too far neglecting all the warnings he was given. He ignore religion and never turned to god until the last moment. Faustus could have repented at almost any point and achieved salvation. The fact that Faustus never does repent suggests that Faustus intellectually wills his own damnation. Faustus used all of his great intelligence and power that he received from selling his soul to the devil for meaningless immature jokes and thrills instead of using it to benefit society. Doesn’t this sound like his damnation was an act of justice? Well now I will present both the sides with the help of my partners in a short court case re-enactment. Trisha will play the judge, Janvi the attorney for the side of tragic, Nithiya as various characters and I will play the attorney for the side of

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