Seven Deadly sins in “Dr. Faustus” Name: Kishan Kubavat Semester-1 Paper No:1 (The Renaissance Literature) PG Enrollment No: PG14101021 Roll No:13 Year:2014-15 Submitted to: Department of English S.B Gardi Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University, Bhavnagar
Dr. Faustus is very famous play by Christopher Marlow. Faustus was knowledgeable, still he wanted more. So he takes help of black magic- and Mephistophilis comes. He tries to attract Faustus towards pitty things and at that time seven deadly sins comes . According to Christianity one should avoid all this sins. Dr. Faustus
Seven Deadly sins
Feel jealousy from others. Object of such feeling , desire for the qualities of another. In “Dr. Faustus” Envy appears when he saw a power of God. Envy
A feeling of honor and self respect. Pleasure of taken in an achievement. In Dr. Faustus Pride appears when he feels that he is more superior than others Pride
Extreme anger. Forceful , violent. In Dr. Faustus Wrath appears when he is not able to do anything in his life as he was intelligent. Wrath
Sexual desires A lecherous act In Dr. Faustus Lechery appears when dancer who came from another world. Lechery
Excess in eating or drinking In Dr. Faustus Gluttony appears when he wants much more power and position than others Gluttony
Laziness Aversion to work Slow moving In Dr. Faustus Sloth appears when he got all kind of knowledge and he feels laziness from over knowledge. Sloth
Greediness Eagerly desirous In Dr. Faustus Covetousness appears when he wants to get more and more and it is sign of this sin. Covetousness