Does Dr Faustus' Collusion with Necromancy Stop His Quest for Glory?

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In Dr. Faustus an individual’s collusion with the dark powers becomes the pretext for a Psychomachia in which the protagonist finally succumbs and secures his damnation. Discuss. From the start of this play Faustus is very much his own individual, his own ideas and his own voice. This is evident through his first monologue in which he describes how he plans to ‘win over’ the world and rule it. We know that he has powers but from the onset it looks like he plans to use them in the intention of doing well. This opening soliloquy highlights that he wants to be immortal for his work – “Be a physician, Faustus, heap up gold, and be eternized for some wondrous cure.” Once read on this highlights a potential psychomachia within Faustus, as he accepts his soul to be sold in return of just 24 years of power. This is a certain time when the pretext of Faustus’ collusion with the dark powers is highlighted, as it shows his lack of ambition. This point is similarly made throughout many of his words in the play; he debates whether or not he should repent after joining the devil with the good and bad angels both playing their part in making his mind up. Faustus, as the protagonist, is the focal point of this play and this means that they (Good & Bad Angels) are both fighting for control over him. The vast majority of the time the bad angel wins, and this once more represents the damnation of Faustus. There is the issue as to whether or not Faustus would’ve been damned before his collusion with the dark powers that he becomes so comfortable. He only becomes so comfortable with the idea of not going back to God after he speaks with Lucifer or Mephistopheles, who are of course the root of his problems with the dark powers. This is one of the signs that a psychomachia exists with him or is developing and it is therefore my belief that he wouldn’t have been damned if he had
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