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Consider the importance of scene 5 in Dr. Faustus In Dr. Faustus scene five is the longest in the entire play, there is a lot going on, not only is it where Faustus signs his soul over to the devil; scene five is where he meets Lucifer himself for the very first time. In the very first speech that Faustus makes he is wrestling with his conscience. Faustus thinks he is "damned" and therefore cannot be "saved", so why should he "despair in God" when he can "trust in Belezebub." There is a lot of religious imagery, which is very contradictory. He uses the idea of the "altar and a church" but then turns it into a sacrifice by offering "luke-warm blood of new-born babes". This shows how much Faustus has already been affected by Mephastophillis and the Devil. Faustus is then persuaded by both good and evil angels to go to...

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