In fine, a life of good or evil, the hope of Heaven or the despair of Hell, Faustus stands as a reminder… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“(Marlowe's) Faustus stubbornly reverts to his atheistic beliefs and continues his elementary pagan re-education ~ the inferno to him is a 'place'… — E.A. Bucchianeri Copy Share Image
... when all the world dissolves, And every creature shall be purified, All places shall be hell that are not heaven. — Christopher Marlowe Copy Share Image
“Being full of mischief, they love to listen; they gladly obey, for they like to betray you, pretending to be sent from… — Goethe Copy Share Image
Not the man in the moon, not the groaning-board, not the speaking of friar Bacon's brazen- head, not the inspiration of mother… — Daniel Defoe Copy Share Image
FAUSTUS. [Stabbing his arm.] Lo, Mephistophilis, for love of thee, I cut mine arm, and with my proper blood Assure my soul… — Christopher Marlowe Copy Share Image
“Thus, Marlowe posed the silent question: could aspiring Icarus be happy with a toilsome life on land managing a plough with plodding… — E.A. Bucchianeri Copy Share Image
“When he comes to the door he always looks mocking and half-way angry. You can see he has sympathy for nothing. It's… — Goethe Copy Share Image
“Men grieve [Mephistopheles] so with the days of their lamenting, [he] even hate[s] to plague them with [his] torments.” — Goethe Copy Share Image
“Des Menschen Kraft, im Dichter offenbart The human power is revealed by poet Il potere dell'umanità si rivela nel poeta” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Faustus: Stay, Mephistopheles, and tell me, what good will my soul do thy lord? Mephistopheles: Enlarge his kingdom. Faustus: Is that the… — Christopher Marlowe Copy Share Image
I would rather my enemy's sword pierce my heart then my friend's dagger stab me in the back." Faustus - Don't Talk… — Michele Bardsley Copy Share Image
“Faustus, who embraced evil and shunned righteousness, became the foremost symbol of the misuse of free will, that sublime gift from God… — E.A. Bucchianeri Copy Share Image
FAUSTUS. Had I as many souls as there be stars, I'd give them all for Mephistophilis. By him I'll be great emperor… — Christopher Marlowe Copy Share Image
“... the lofty mind of man can be imprisoned by the artifices of its own making.” — E.A. Bucchianeri Copy Share Image
Why this is hell, nor am I out of it: Thinkst thou that I who saw the face of God, And tasted… — Christopher Marlowe Copy Share Image
“What you inherit from your father must first be earned before it's yours.” — Goethe Copy Share Image
Cut is the branch that might have grown full straight, And burned is Apollo's laurel bough, That sometime grew within this learned… — Christopher Marlowe Copy Share Image
A book is a product of a pact with the Devil that inverts the Faustian contract, he'd told Allie. Dr Faustus sacrificed… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“... Faustus ... dared to confirm he had advanced beyond the level of a scarlet sinner — he was a conscious follower… — E.A. Bucchianeri Copy Share Image
I am Envy, begotten of a chimney-sweeper and an oyster-wife. I cannot read, and therefore wish all books were burnt; I am… — Christopher Marlowe Copy Share Image