Context

The text I chose that best represented my view of print literature is the Christopher Marlowe's novel Doctor Faustus. I chose it because it is not only one of my favorites, but it was the key reason I fell in love with British Literature.

Doctor Faustus, is about a well-respected German scholar, who grows dissatisfied with the limits of traditional forms of knowledge—logic, medicine, law, and religion—that he decides he wants to learn to practice magic. Faustus begins his new career as a magician by summoning up Mephastophilis, a devil. Despite Mephastophilis’s warnings about the horrors of hell, Faustus tells the devil to return to his master, Lucifer, with an offer of Faustus’s soul in exchange for twenty-four years of service from Mephastophilis.

Mephastophilis then returns to Faustus with word that Lucifer has accepted his offer. Faustus then experiences some misgivings over this twenty-four year service and wonders if he should repent and save his soul; in the end, though, he agrees to the deal, signing it with his blood.

I chose this novel because of its great plot line and the old addage: "Be Careful What You Wish For".