Magic

I found our discussion on how Faustus used his magic throughout the play interesting.  He never actually used it for his original purpose, instead he used it to play tricks on the characters throughout the play.  I believe he used his magic in this way because he was afraid of what the consequences would be if he actually brought back the people, but he also could not let his gift go to waste, so he used it to play jokes hoping that he would not have to deal with the consequences of using magic and if he did they would be less.  The magic also shows how childish and less human like Faustus is becoming throughout the play.  You would expect a child to use magic to play pranks, not a grown man.  Without the use of magic by Marlowe, I do not believe the point that Faustus was becoming childish and almost becoming the joke of the play would have come across as strong, or even at all.  Faustus's use of magic was the main thing that pointed out how he was becoming less of a person.