Is Dr. Faustus Saved At The End Of The Play Analysis

Is Dr. Faustus saved at the end of the play? Why or why not? Give evidence from the play to support your answer. At the end of the play, Dr. Faustus is not saved and is instead is taken to his eternal damnation. At the beginning of the play, Dr. Faustus trades his soul in exchange for twenty four years of magic. At first he begins to second guess himself and his decision and start to consider the possibility of repenting and begging for his soul to be saved, but ultimately he agrees to the deal. As the twenty-four years pass he travels and serves Mephastophilis using the magic that was bestowed upon him. In the end, Dr. Faustus refuses to repent and turn to God even in his last moments and is ultimately sent to his damnation and cannot be†¦show more content†¦Another difference between Astophila and Stella and the sonnets of Shakespeare is how they each address love. Sidney addresses love in a very romanticized form, while Shakespeare pokes fun at these types of over-romanticized poems. For example, Sidney writes â€Å"Stella, the only planet of my light; / Light of my life, and life of my desire; / Chief good, whereto my hope doth only aspire; / World of my wealth, and heav’n of my delight.† (Sonnet 68, Lines 1-4). On the other hand, Shakespeare describes the Dark Lady by saying, â€Å"My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun; / Coral is far more red than her lips’ red; / If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; / If hair be wires, black wires grow on her head.† (Sonnet 130, Lines 1-4) A final difference between these two works by these authors is how the collections of sonnets come together. Shakespeare writes each sonnet as its own story which can then be addressed to be about a similar theme or person. On the other hand, Sidney writes a collection of sonnets which together form a story and cannot be interpreted on their own in the same way Shakespeare’s can. Explain 2 themes that the Carpe Diem poets have in common. Give examples to support your answer. One theme that the Carpe Diem poets have in common is the idea of making the most out of time, or â€Å"seizing the day.† This basically means that in the blink of an eye