Compare the first and final soliloquies in Dr Faustus - is Faustus a hero or a villain?

... Compare the first and final soliloquies in Dr Faustus - is Faustus a hero or a villain? The first and final soliloquy of Dr Faustus raises questions of Faustus' intentions, character and motivations. They both raise important questions as to what Faustus wants to achieve and does he actually achieve what he sets about to do. Perhaps, most importantly they raise the question of whether Faustus turns into a helpless, redundant being or something much more impressive than he began. The first soliloquy, in contrast to the final, is very fluent and has a definitive structure due to the argument Faustus presents. It is written in blank verse iambic pentameter to give is a fast pacing and fluent tone, something which is used to a different effect in the final soliloquy. At this point we are shown Faustus in a moral crisis, one of many seen throughout the play, he is

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