So I just read through Act 4, towards the end there was a bizarre scene where a character called a Horse Courser who is a horse trader and seeks to drive an advantageous bargain. He seems to believe himself more articulate than he really is, getting names wrong and asking inappropriate questions, his sinister tendencies to mistrust are pushed to an extent when pulls off Faustus' (false) leg.
Ambitions are beginning to fall - Faustus has definitely began to fall, his ambitions are definitely heading in the wrong direction, (although this was more in Act 3), as at the stat of the play Faustus' ambitions were set extremely high, he wouldn't settle for second best. "I'll have them fill the public schools with silk" he certainly wanted to be recognized right? It seems to me as though Faustus doesn't want this power, as he wanted at the start, "Of power, of honor, of omnipotence"he just wants to be famous. I do think however Mephastopheles has had an influence on Faustus' sudden change on his mindset, like in Act 3 he was discouraging Faustus' ambitions.
Mephastopheles, THE NEW FAUSTUS! - Lately Meph has been doing everything for Faustus, is he just getting lazy or has he lost his enthusiasm? Well towards the end of Act 4 Meph begins to do everything for good ol' Faustus, like he gets the Duchess her grapes.
I do feel that Faustus is falling, he isn't how he started, is this because of Meph or has Meph taken over Faustus???
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