Faustus’s Conception of Hell and Heaven
Discarding
god and Christianity, Faustus performs his first great magical feat and has
been able to call up Mephistophilis, one of the chief agents of Lucifer.
Mephistophilis tells Faustus that the easiest way to acquire proficiency in
necromancy is to denounce faith in God and to pray only to Devil, the Prince of
Hell. Then Faustus tells him that he has already fulfilled the condition. His
only faith now is 
that there is no other chief surpassing Belzebub. He has also completely surrendered himself to Devil. Faustus says that he not afraid of being damned because he makes no distinction between hell and heaven. Elysium is the place where the spirits of the noble persons reside, while hell is the place where the damned souls live. But in the eyes of Faustus there is no distinction between hell and heaven. He also says that he would like his spirit or ghost to join the ghosts of the old philosophers. The old philosophers did not believe in any reward or punishment after death. Faustus too does not believe that there is any punishment or reward after death. For him, therefore, hell and heaven have no meaning. As Faustus discards Christianity, he does not make any distinction between hell and heaven.
that there is no other chief surpassing Belzebub. He has also completely surrendered himself to Devil. Faustus says that he not afraid of being damned because he makes no distinction between hell and heaven. Elysium is the place where the spirits of the noble persons reside, while hell is the place where the damned souls live. But in the eyes of Faustus there is no distinction between hell and heaven. He also says that he would like his spirit or ghost to join the ghosts of the old philosophers. The old philosophers did not believe in any reward or punishment after death. Faustus too does not believe that there is any punishment or reward after death. For him, therefore, hell and heaven have no meaning. As Faustus discards Christianity, he does not make any distinction between hell and heaven.
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ReplyDeleteMy question is that if he rejected the Christianity, but after all he becomes religious person , at that stage does he believed on hell and heaven?
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