from God's plan and enlisting the help of the devil to become greater than what God had planned for him. Faustus also seems to want to not only stray from God and dominate mankind, but also, supercede and overrule God's wishes to an even further extent. In Scene 3, Lines 110-111 we read: The emperor shall not live but by my leave, Nor any potentate of Germany. In these lines Faustus expresses his desire to hold control over all. Even the likes of the Holy Roman Emperor shall fall to the power of his "black magic." Although the use of magic and the character of the devil seems more of a parable-like story to modern day readers, to the people of the time this was a very plausible story of a man who shunned godliness and let greed and evil get the best of him. The existence of supernatural entities, namely devil-influenced beings such as witches and sorcerers, was very possible if not probable. Without the answers of science the unexplained was often chalked up to the powers of the supernatural. From a renai

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