its never too late
Could Faustus have saved his soul had he repented to God before facing his impending damnation? Coming from a Christian upraising and parochial schooling, I would have to think that Faustus could have saved himself. I was always under the assumption that sincere repentance could be given at any time in one's life for salvation. God is not an angry and merciless being. Being born with original sin, salvation may be gained no matter what the faults of any mortal. In fact, Christ taught of love and forgiveness to those who sinned, some of who ultimately repented; Christ even taught of compassion for those who didn't know any better. In Marlowe's story, God's willingness to accept Faustus's faults is seen voiced through the character of the Good Angel: "Faustus repent, yet God will pity thee!aE? (Scene 5, ll 186). (The word "yetaE? here means: still, even now) Even after Faustus had renounced God, conjured up evil spirits, and signed his so
One drop would save my soul, half a drop: ah my Christ - Faustus was definitely wrong in his assessment of God as an unforgiving being. Marlowe shows earlier, before his death, that repentance would have indeed saved his soul. Faustus contemplates repenting and asks if it is too late, "Good Angel: 'Never too late, if Faustus will repent.'aE? (Scene 5, ll 250). All Faustus had to do was repent and his death may come, but his soul would be saved. Never is it too late! Here, Faustus does not believe that even if he does repent God will carry him into salvation. He is afraid of what God might say, or do if he were to ask for forgiveness. So in the end, Faustus decides to claim Lucifer as his God and not to repent to Christ. Ah, rend not my heart for naming of my Christ; O, I'll leap up to my God! Who pulls me down? Stretcheth out his arm, and bends his ireful brows! At the hour of his time of death, though, had Faustus w
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