Victor states, "And the same feelings which made me neglect the scenes around me caused me also to forget those friends who were so many miles absent, and whom I had not seen for so long a time"(40). Victor disregards the lessons that he learned as a child and becomes obsessed. He loses his patience and his self-control, which result in his alienation. John Faustus's journey begins when he is a young man. His parents send him to school and he studies and becomes a very intelligent doctor. The chorus says of Faustus, "Excelling all, and sweetly can dispute In th" heavenly matters of theology"(Prologue). Faustus begins his downfall as he searches for knowledge but complains that he has not accomplished any great feat. He becomes obsessed with the power of immortal beings and desires to obtain such power. He exclaims, "Oh what a world of power and delight, of power, of honor, and omnipotence is promised to the studious artisan"(1.1.6). Faustus confuses knowledge with power and wants to learn the black arts so that he can become a supreme being. Victor Frankenstein attempts and completes one of God's greatest miracles. He creates a human life. In his attempt and completion of playing God, he loses all faith and contemplation of his higher being. Victor asserts, "I seemed to have lost all soul or sensation but for this one pursuit"(39). After the being's creation, Victor realizes that he must destroy it. Instead of praying to God and asking for advice, he takes matters into his own hands and pursues for the death of his creature. Perhaps Victor is alienated from God in the sense that he feels himself a supreme being, a creator, or an arbiter of who shall live and die. Faustus attempts and succeeds in surpassing human ability by involving himself with the devil and possessing certain black magic powers. Faustus gives in to the Seven Deadly Sins and sells his soul to the devil. Faustus states, "Ay, take it, and the devil give thee good of it"(2.
