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Dr. Faustus     Dr. Faustus, written by Christopher, is the narration of a man that represents the common human dissatisfaction with being human. He sells his head to the rag for what he believes to be limitless power, with full logical knowledge as to the consequences of such a transaction. He knows the stakes of his gamble with the devil. His large education and his cultural environment had certainly alerted him as to the dangers associated with Lucifer. Although aware of the consequences of such a pact, he is blinded by three things that bring roughly his ultimate demise. His greed to know all, his pride that made him believe he was better than man, and his denial that in the end he would bring his avouch downfall upon himself. If Faustus had not been these things he would not have brought an end to himself.     Dr. Faustus denies the worldly concern of everything, from his eventual torture in hell if he does not repent, to men, so ciety, and and then the world. The only aspect of his life which he does not deny is his corporal reality. When Faustus meets with Mephistopheles (a messenger of the devil) he is frightened and demands a new appearance for his devil servant.     "I charge thee to return and change thy shape Thou craft to ugly to attend on me. Go, and return an old Franciscan mendicant That holy shape becomes a devil best." (Marlowe p.14)By choosing Mephistopheles to change his form, he i...