This soliloquy is effective as it gets the reader to consider the characteristics of Frastus, this illustrate a successful book. Fully understanding the works of the great philosophers should be an achievement that one should be proud of, I get the impression that Faustus remains rather discontent. It is line 10 where he states that he can "read no more" as he has achieved the "end" target of "logic's chiefest end". .
From this, the reader can suggest another of Faustus characteristics. The idea that he may remain discontent even though he has achieved greatness. In his soliloquy it seems as if having succeeded in the field of intellectual pursuit he wishes to take up a new challenge "magicians". I believe this is powerful as it symbolises and reveals the future as he sells his soul to Satan. .
I believe that Line 11 may intrigue the audience as he claims that there is a subject that he considers as more appealing and significant that "fitteth Faustus wit". One may find this hard to believe, as he speaks as if his vast knowledge is less significant than it actually is, and the reader may ponder over what an intelligent doctor could find more appealing than wisdom.
From line 14, he temporarily contemplates becoming a physician, looking at the fame he could achieve from this. Looking at his potential ambition, to "heap up gold and be eternised for some wondrous cure", one could speculate that Faustus main targets are to achieve great wealth and fame. The word "end" is simply repeated and emphasised, this increases tension significantly as this is what he is actually trying to avoid the "end". In demonstrating how he has already been successful as a doctor, he reveals a fascinating and highly respectable fact. His claim that because of his work "whole cities have escaped the plague, and thousand desperate maladies been cured". This may further fascinate the reader, as there is something he may find more desirable or satisfactory than saving the lives of thousands.
