Trial Answer 1: Doctor FaustusIn “The Tragic History of Doctor Faustus,” Marlowe tells the story of a man who “bids farewell to each of his studies – logic, medicine, law and divinity – something he exhausted” (The Norton Anthology 500). Faustus chooses to abandon his studies to pursue his knowledge of black magic. Faustus believes: “A healthy magician is a powerful god” (500). In his efforts to learn more about black magic, he in turn sells his soul to the devil. Faustus could repent of his sins at any time; however, he chooses not to antagonize the devil and Mephastophilis and spends eternity in hell. Faustus grew up always studying logic, medicine, law, and divinity. He is bored with his studies and therefore decides to abandon what he has been doing all his life and pursue his knowledge in black magic. Faustus believes that learning more about black magic will make him pious. Faustus calls on two of his friends, Valdes and Cornelius, magicians, to see what he needs to do to learn more about magic. Then he takes matters into his own hands and makes the first of many bad decisions; he calls me...