The play opens with the chorus with announces the theme of
the play i.e., the story of a scholarly doctor who has his end because of
excessive lust for knowledge in the field of magic and necromancy. At the start
Faustus looks at several fields of study such as logic, Medicine, Law,
Divinity, etc. But he finally settles at magic. Then appear the Good Angel and
the Evil Angel. The former warns Faustus against the holy studying magic book.
He asks him to study the holy books. But the latter encourages him so much to
study the Magic book. His end is as tragic as it can be. He has not indulged or
little indulged is sensual pleasures. What makes his sin more serious in
Theological circles in his association with Satan and the satanic
forces-demons, ghosts, devils etc.? So, he gets no forgiveness and relief of
any kind despite all his wailing and is taken away to hell by the Devils.
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