... argue that this play epitomizes the ideals of the Renaissance: egocentrism and the over-indulgence of knowledge. "The lust for power that led to the excess of the Renaissance "the slaughter of Montezuma and countless American Indians, the launching of the Armada, the very creation of the English Church out of Henry's spleen "is epitomized in Dr. Faustus- (Shipley 404). Because Faustus gave his life and soul to Satan himself for the sake of gaining a greater ... ; he becomes invisible, boxes the pope in the ear and snatches cups away from the pope's hands. He then causes fireworks to expl...

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