... These two lines are like a warning to Faustus and give the practise of the dark arts a very dangerous aura, in my opinion, making Faustus want to study them even more. Thus arousing a natural human feeling of intrigue also played on in morality plays. In the Everyman version of the story, the Everyman character (representing mankind) tries to resist temptation and fails, however is saved in the end by virtuous individuals, which is a way in which Faustus differs to this story. Also another striking difference is the fact that, even before Valdes and Cornelius tempt him, Faustus wants to practise necromancy, so I feel he is being tempted by his own boredom and frustration with mortality. The morality plays specifically demonstrate mankind being tempted by external forces of evil, not by the free will of the protagonist. Marlowe moves beyond the genre by using the embodiment of ...

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