Pride of Paradise Lost’s Satan and Dr Faustus Essay

Pride and worse ambition threw me down(4.40) severalizes Satan in John Miltons heaven bemused. This short and simple confession hides salwaysal deep conveys and significant messages to humankind. That is because it is not only Satan who stumbles by the sin of plume. Satan is the tempter and foe of mankind, and he imposes his own ill traits on mankind while severe to draw him to the depths of hell. That is, like Satan human may think super of himself though he is not. In Christopher Marlowes The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus presents an impressive moral of how limitless human is in excrescence with pride. Pride was a common theme during Renaissance and, both Milton and Marlowe demonstrated how it can lead a catastrophe. Pride is the land why both Satan and Doctor Faustus turns against matinee idol, cannot repent despite their regret, and eventu everyy destructed and punish by God.Firstly, it is pride, their common trait, which leads Satan in Doctor Faustus to rebel ag ainst God. When we look at Satans situation he is in the Heaven as well as other angels, so what makes him to be fallen from there? God creates Son and makes him His most favorite one, and puts him in a higher(prenominal) slur than Satan and other angels are. This is the point when Satan becomes Satan. He is jealous of Son because his pride makes him suppose that he should be the superior, the most beloved and valued. In lines 686-690 (Book 6), he says, for they weened/ That selfsame day by fight, or by surprise/ To win the Mount of God, and on His commode/ To set the envier of His State, the proud /Aspirer. These lines are an example of how his pride makes him an aspirer to God. However, we can see his desire for superiority when he, disguised as a serpent, and hard to deceive Eve he says, Look on me /Me who have touched and tasted yet both spirited /And life more perfect have attained than fate /Meant me, by ventring higher than my Lot.He teems with the idea of a more perfect life, and he tries to contaminate others with the same idea. His uneasiness is not only with Son, but he is unsatisfactory with God as well. Eventually, he rebels against God and be situated in Hell. As Milton starts medias res, the adventure of Satan, actually, begins when he is fallen in Hell. His fatal pride and ambition leads him to statute title battle with God he is so blinded with ambition that he cannot see his limitations. In this sense, he behavesnaively in spite of his heroic characteristic, and he is so proud of his army that he neer thinks he will be defeated. For example, How such united force of gods, how such/ As stood like these, could ever kip down repulse?Here, he thinks a strong force as his will never know repulse. Another praise of his army is between the lines 631-634 (Book 1) For who can yet believe, though after loss, /That all these puissant legions whose exile /Hath emptied Heavn shall fail to re-ascend,/ Self-raised, and repossess their native seat? H e thinks so highly of his army that they surely will get their seats back in the Heaven. In short, Satans pride does not only lead her to rebel but also to fight with God.When we look at Doctor Faustus, though he is a human that means he is son of Adam and confrontation of Satan, he follows the paths of Satan and his pride gives rise to other sins as a result his relation with God is broken. Doctor Faustus is a scientist who is obsessed with the idea of conjuring however, his greatest sin is pride, which is the greatest of seven poisonous sins and the one leading others. sooner the play begins the Chorus tells us his pride Till swollen with cunning, of a self conceit (page 1, 1.0.20). He is so proud of himself that he becomes self- conceit. Due to his pride, Doctor Faustus searches knowledge beyond human realm for mightiness. Thus, pride brings greed, which is not just for knowledge but also for wealth. He believes unadulterated magic he will be richer he says, A world of profi t and delight, Of power, of honor, of omnipotence (page 5, 1.1.1-2). Eventually, he makes a deal with devil and trades his soul for knowledge.Making a deal with Devil means to defy God, because he is not satisfied with what God has given him. Doctor Faustus regards himself on a higher level than devils and hell I charge thee to return and change thy shape,/ Thou art too ugly to attend on me (scene 3, 23-24). He thinks nothing will happen to him Come, I think hells a fictionalisation. His challenge with God progresses throughout the play he supposes he is more deserving the special parcel out than the Pope POPE My Lord, here is a dainty dish was sent to me from the bishop of Milan. FAUSTUS I thank you, sir. snatch it (scene 7, 62-64) This air to Pope is a disrespect to God as well. He goes further and declares he can be Great Emperor of the world, able to Make a bridge through the moving air, which is a put one across defiance to God. Secondly, eventhe Despair of Doctor Faustus is another aspect of his pride, which prevents him from prevent as Satans pride suggests God will not forgive him.Both characters feel regret from clock time to time Good Angels ask Dr Faustus to repent and give chance to release from his deal with Lucifer, on the other distribute Satan struggles with Despair throughout the epic. However, they are so blinded with pride that anything good has no meaning to them. We can see Satans sorrow in these lines , for now the thought/Both of wooly happiness and lasting pain/Torments him(1.55-56). Yet, his pride oercomes his regret All is not lost the unconquerable Will,/ And bravery never to submit or yield/ And what is else not to be overcome? / That Glory never shall his offense or might/ Extort from me. Another time when he thinks of reconciliation he immediately gives up, say I could repent and could obtain/By act of clothe my former state how soon/Would upper side recall high thoughts (4, 93-95). Similarly, in his encounters with Go od Angels, Doctor Faustus is tempted by his pride and believes no need to uncertainness because nothing can hurt him FAUSTUS. What god can hurt thee, Faustus? Thou art safe, /Cast no more doubts. (scene 5, 25-26).In Paradise Lost, Satan decides it is too late to repent because of his pride (4. 80-82) in a Satanic way Doctor Faustus believes when Devil tells him it is too late to repent. Both cannot see the power and blessing of God because they have already refused His grace before. Thirdly, both Satan and Doctor Faustus encounter punishment, and fall from grace of God that is their pride prepares their tragic end. Firstly, when we look at Satans situation we see that his pride caused him to fall two times. At primary, his pride leads him to envy Son, and he is punished by casted off to Hell. His first fall Him the Almighty Power/ Hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky/ With hideous ruin and conflagration down / To bottomless perdition, there to dwell (44) As Milton begin s medias res he focuses on the second flaw.He does not choose the way to repent, instead his pride grows to such an extent that he claims battle over God. Inevitably, he is defeated at last though his achievement to cause Adam and Eve to be exiled from Paradise. Satans attempts due(p) to his pride and his fall is clearly explained in these lines To set himself in anchor ring above his peers,/ He trusted to have equaled the Most High, / If he opposed and with ambitious aim/ Against the throne and monarchy of God, / Raised impious was in Heaven and battle proud /With vain attempt.(39-44). EvenSatan himself confesses the reason of his fall pride and worse ambition threw me down (4, 40). Secondly, when we look at Doctor Faustus his fall due to his pride and how he follows the paths of Satan is foreshadowed at the beginning when he inquires Satan, Mephastophilis replies O, by aspiring pride and shamelessness / For which God threw him from the face of Heaven. (scene 3, 66-68).That dem onstrates why Satan has fallen and implies how Doctor Faustus, who makes a deal with Satan, will fall. Before that, in prologue the Chorus explicitly suggests he will fall due to his pride Till, swollen with cunning, of a self conceit, /His waxen wings did mount above his reach,/ And melting heavens conspired his overthrow. (prologue,18-22). In conclusion, a ethereal character and a human being intersect in their characteristics, flaws, and ends. Satan in Paradise Lost and Doctor Faustus in Marlowes play swell with pride the former claiming himself an enemy to God, and the latter denying the power of God. Both, inability to repent, allow their pride, to become excessive and bring their downfall.