Argumentative Essay On Doctor Faustus - 1959 Words

Paper 2 Death is a topic that many people often like to avoid thinking about as well as avoid discussing. I believe that this is due to the fact that death is the only thing that we can be certain of in this life and it is in fact inevitable. Everyone lives up to the point of death and death is a natural part of life that many people do not want to come to terms with. Many people disregard the thought of death, whether it be hiding behind their religious views, cultural beliefs, or just overall spending their life living in denial. Often times death is thought of as an inconvenience, causing one of the most important events that occur in our life to be ignored. There are many reasons as to why people will not except death and why this†¦show more content†¦Knowledge is power, and power absolutely delights Doctor Faustus. Although, there was one thing that Faustus did not know anything about, necromancy. Necromancy is also known as black magic, which refers to the dead. His ma in purpose of turning to black magic was so that he could have more power. Faustus wishes to become a demigod, which is a minor deity. Becoming a demigod, and learning about black magic will give Doctor Faustus the ultimate power and knowledge that he is craving to have. It is very ironic in my opinion that Doctor Faustus put so much time and effort into receiving his doctorate degree in Theology, and then essentially throws it all away to learn about necromancy, which is overall the complete opposite teachings of theology. I believe that his decision was influenced based upon the simple fact that Faustus knew everything that there was to know about Theology, as well as God. Therefore, he could not except that this was all that there was to life. He craved to learn about something that he knew many other individuals, including himself, did not know about or truly understand, being death. Death is a part of life that many individuals refuse to understand because of the fact that many people do not feel as if they are ready to die. If they have not lived a full life, or have not done everything that they wanted to accomplish, death is not something they want to come face to face with or even think of. Death makes us open our eyes to all of the