What Faustus does with his powers tends to not be what he plans to do unless it is somehow supporting his egotistic intentions. ... He loves to show off and use his powers to gain a higher social status. ... Dr. ... Never does he mention that cure after he gets his powers. ... Faustus talks himself into making many blunders. ...
Faustus died a death that few could bear to imagine, much less experience. ... However, the idea of considering him a martyr has many flaws, several of which are evident when considering who Faustus was before he turned to necromancy and what he did once he obtained the powers of the universe. ... Faustus still doesn't listen. ... "The lust for power that led to the excess of the Renaissance "the slaughter of Montezuma and countless American Indians, the launching of the Armada, the very creation of the English Church out of Henry's spleen "is epitomized in Dr. Faustus-...
