Mephostophilis returns, and Faustus signs away his soul, writing with his own blood. He uses it to convince Robin the Clown to be his servant.īefore the time comes to sign the contract, Faustus has misgivings, but he puts them aside. In a comic relief scene, we learn that Faustus' servant Wagner has gleaned some magic learning.
Faustus will sell his soul, in exchange for twenty-four years of power, with Mephostophilis as servant to his every whim. They flesh out the terms of their agreement, with Mephostophilis representing Lucifer. He thrills at the power he will have, and the great feats he'll perform. From two fellow scholars, Valdes and Cornelius, Faustus learns the fundamentals of the black arts. The former advises him to leave off this pursuit of magic, and the latter tempts him.
A Good Angle and an Evil Angel arrive, representing Faustus' choice between Christian conscience and the path to damnation. All of these things have left him unsatisfied, so now he turns to magic.
He has learned everything he can learn, or so he thinks, from the conventional academic disciplines. Doctor Faustus, a talented German scholar at Wittenburg, rails against the limits of human knowledge.
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