soul to the devil for years of unlimited power This decision creates a big conflict inside Faustus On one side he is excited about unlimited power wealth and knowledge On the other hand he feels guilty and scared of going to hell Sometimes he even tries to pray to God for forgiveness But his pride or temptations stop him This inner conflict makes Faustus a human and a truly tragic character Good Angel and Evil Angel In the play Marlowe uses the Good Angel and the Evil Angel to show Faustus inner conflict The Good Angel represents Faustus s conscience He begs him to repent and seek God s mercy Repent yet God will pity thee The Evil Angel represents temptations He tells Faustus to enjoy his power and forget about hell This shows the two sides of Faustus's mind one wants to do the right thing and the other wants to continue with his sinful path Faustus s Struggle to Repent Throughout the play Faustus struggles to repent He gets many chances to repent The Good Angel and the old man repeatedly tell him to seek God s mercy The old man tells Faustus that God is merciful and will forgive him The old man says Then call for mercy and avoid despair Faustus almost repents But Mephistophilis scares him by saying he will be torn to pieces if he betrays Lucifer Then Faustus chooses pleasure over God s mercy He asks for Helen of Troy to satisfy his lust Faustus s inner struggle to repent shows that it is very difficult to avoid temptations and return to the rightful path Despair and Fear We witness Faustus s despair and fear through his inner struggle This makes his tragedy feel very real In the last scene Faustus thinks it is too late for him to be pardoned He says The serpent that tempted Eve may be saved but not Faustus This line captures Faustus s despair as well as his inner conflict So he misses his last chance to repent As his final moment arrives he becomes terrified He begs time to stop so that midnight never comes He says Mountains and hills come come and fall on me And hide me from the heavy wrath of God His wrong choices finally bring his tragic end He can no longer escape his fate The devils drag him to hell A Lesson Faustus story is a warning about human weakness We all face inner conflicts between right and wrong short-term fun and long-term consequences Faustus downfall teaches us that ignoring our conscience leads to disaster It also shows that it is never too late to change unless we wait too long Faustus tragedy is that he knew the truth but chose lies To wrap up we can say Doctor Faustus suffers because of his inner conflict He wants power and knowledge but also fears damnation Though he gets many chances to repent his pride stops him This makes his downfall truly tragic