Synopsis of Doctor Faustus

Synopsis of Doctor Faustus-

Faustus decides the study of philosophy, medicine, law, and theology is a waste of time.

He decides to study magic instead, because magic will bring him all kinds of power, wealth, answers. 

Valdes and Cornelius) to help him learn the tricks of the trade.

Faustus meets the devil Mephistopheles, and signs over his soul to the devil in exchange for Mephistopheles's services for twenty-four years. 

Mephistopheles teaches Faustus about the nature of hell and the devil, the stars and planets, and the Seven Deadly Sins.

Then Faustus travels before landing in Rome, where he rescues the Saxon pope Bruno from punishment at the hands of the Roman pope.

He torments the Roman pope by making himself invisible and stealing his dishes and food.

Later, at the court of the Holy Roman Emperor, Faustus conjures Alexander the Great, then escapes death at the hands of a courtier he has humiliated, whom he, in turn, punishes severely.

Back home, Faustus sells an enchanted horse to a horse-dealer who tries to get revenge by tearing off Faustus's leg. Doesn't work.

He conjures a castle in the air and some grapes for the Duke and Duchess of Vanholt, at whose court he charms dumb the peasants who accuse him of humiliating them with his magic tricks.

Faustus conjures Helen of Troy for a group of scholars, then takes her as his lover.

Faustus finally tells his scholar friends that he is damned to hell because he has sold his soul to the devil.

In his last hours, Faustus longs for his soul to disappear so he can escape eternal torment, but his devils arrive to tear his body to pieces and carry him to hell.

Doctor Faustus is a guy who gets into magic as he is not interested in any other study, and summands Mephistopheles and signs over his soul to the devil Lucifer for 24 years of power and control. Mephistopheles becomes his slave but after 24 years Faustus gets damned to hell.