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The attitude toward sin and forgiveness

in K.Marlowe’s play “The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus”

Outline

1. Abstract
2. The sin of Faustus and his reckoning for giving the soul to the devil

This chapter covers the contents of the chapter. It tells the story of how Faust was disappointed in philosophy and science, and began to seek new knowledge in magic books, full of temptations. Then comes Mephistopheles, and  Faustus  wants Mephistopheles to serve him and perform all his desires, so that   Faustus  decided to recognize the supreme ruler of Lucifer – the lord of darkness and lord of spirits. He sold his soul to the devil, and later worried about that and wanted to repent and be saved, but nevertheless the day of reckoning had come.

1. The image of Faustus as a sinner

The author of the text Marlow tells the story of Faustus, who sacrificed world pleasures in order to get knowledge of sciences, and offers a new way of looking at the idea of sin. Dr. Faustus is presented as a rebel against an oppressive morality, and he is an example of progressive ideological movements of the Renaissance: the emancipation of the human mind from the medieval Church dogma.

1. The attitude towards sin in the play

The main claim of the author covered in this chapter is that seeking knowledge is not a sin. So the author shows a new morality, and the idea of sin in this morality does not coincide with efforts to attain the knowledge. Redemption in the play follows the Renaissance belief that salvation comes through faith, the lesson of the importance of faith is simple: for the redeem Faustus needs faith, and belief that God will forgive him of his sin then he can be saved.  Because Faustus has lack of faith in God, it keeps him from being redeemed and going to Heaven.

1. Conclusion

This chapter summarizes the whole paper and states the main concluding idea: the image of Faustus as a sinner is an example of the process search for the truth, struggle to accept God, or to reject God. And readers must take a lesson from the tragic fate of Faust.