The World, the Flesh, and the Devil: Christopher Marlowe’s ‘The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus’

The World, the Flesh, and the Devil: Christopher Marlowe’s ‘The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus’
A woodcut illustration of Doctor Faustus and a devil from title page of a 1620 edition of Christopher Marlowe's “The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus.” Public Domain
Jeff Minick
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A member of Congress wakes one night and finds Lucifer standing at the foot of his bed and staring at him. “What do you want?” he asks.

“I want to give you everything you desire or could imagine,” Lucifer answered. “You’ll be reelected in every election. You’ll have a fortune beyond your wildest dreams, beautiful women, mansions, expensive cars, a yacht. You name it, and it’s yours.”

Jeff Minick
Jeff Minick
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Jeff Minick has four children and a growing platoon of grandchildren. For 20 years, he taught history, literature, and Latin to seminars of homeschooling students in Asheville, N.C. He is the author of two novels, “Amanda Bell” and “Dust on Their Wings,” and two works of nonfiction, “Learning as I Go” and “Movies Make the Man.” Today, he lives and writes in Front Royal, Va.
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