Analyze Faustus's journey through the heavens. Why is it significant that Mephastophilis joins him on this journey? How does this tie into the rest of the play? Your answer should be at least 100 words.

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20 February, 18:50

Analyze Faustus's journey through the heavens. Why is it significant that Mephastophilis joins him on this journey? How does this tie into the rest of the play? Your answer should be at least 100 words.

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Trevor Jenkins · Answer 1

I believe that it is significant that Mephastophilis join Faustus in his journey to present a perpetual temptation to him. Faustus has the opportunity to repent for his sins, after which he may be granted forgiveness by heaven and God himself. However, Satan is there all the time to lure Faustus back into sinning, dragging him farther and farther into hell.

In the end, Faustus chooses Mephastophilis over God and salvation, having sold his soul to the devil in order to experience everything he might not be able to had he not done that. But that meant that there was no saving of his soul, which ushered him into Hell where he would spend his eternity.