The Conclusion of Faustus

I feel that I truly pity Faustus in the very end. He seems remorseful that he made the contract with Lucifer. It is in his final hours that he seems to realize how little power he actually had. He could impress emperors and princes and dukes, but he couldn't reverse the fate he had created for himself when he contracted with the underworld.

In his final moments, he was asking for prayer and awaiting the horrors to come from Lucifer and Mephastophilis. These were the two whom he had put all of his faith in and here they came to drag him off to the depths of Hell. And up to the very end, God's presence in his life kept reaching out to save him. But because of the threats of Lucifer, he was too fearful to attempt turning back.

It makes me see the insecurity of Faustus more clearly, along with the "real" humanity in him: the willingness to bow down to the rule of another being, and the ability to be manipulated unknowingly by a greater being, as well... A lot to think about...