How Does Dr Faustus Make Death Decisions

The Death Decision of Doctor Faustus
Tragedy is a play that shows the downfall of a human with an unhappy ending. Tragedy usually happens to an average man who makes poor decisions in life and ends in pain. In the play of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe, Faustus’ life is tragic because he is a respected scholar, but he chooses to spend eternity in hell. Marlowe portrays the life of a successful Christian scholar, Doctor Faustus, who manages to receive his doctorate in theology and divinity, but he chooses to spend his afterlife in hell. Faustus is unsatisfied with his accomplishments, so he decides to practice witchcraft to satisfy his thirst for knowledge, but the knowledge comes with a price: his soul. He sells his soul in exchange for the power that demons have. When it is almost time to give his soul to Lucifer, his scholar friends and a good angel convince him to repent, but Faustus says it is too late, so he dies and goes to hell. This is tragic because he has a chance to …show more content…
So in Doctor Faustus, catharsis is reveal when Faustus makes decision to agree to trade his soul in exchange for magical power. He has many chances to reject the contract, but he signs it anyway. When he is ready to sign the contract with his blood, on his arm there appears an inscription that reads “Homo fuge,” Latin for “O man, fly.” The inscription means Faustus has wings to fly, and it warns him to run away from the evil deed. This is a warning that Faustus should not sign the contract, but he does not want to wait to think about his decision. He is foolish because he knows the right thing but rejects it. Faustus could have used his common sense to escape from trouble, but he did not. In the scene, Marlowe includes the catharsis of the trait of tragedy of the main character to demonstrate that it is sad to see a good person’s decisions to do immoral things when there is a sign not to do