Since we just finished reading Dr. Faustus, I started to think about what I would "sell" my soul for. It's a tricky question to answer without sounding either like a completely selfish or completely stupid person. So, I'm not going to care what people think and come out and give my opinion because this is my blog and I do what I want on it. Rant over. Proceed.

So Faustus gave up his soul to Lucifer for knowledge and this is a very common motif throughout literature. There are always characters that want to know everything. I personally would not give up my soul for all the knowledge in the world because I would probably go insane (well, more than Sarah already has).

I feel that the only thing I would give my soul up for would be to save myself. It is conditional, though. If I knew that once I was saved by a demon or something and I was coming back to live in a world that is a living hell, I probably would not sell my soul. If I knew that once I came back that I would be okay and then could do some good in the world, I would consider selling my soul more.

Many people in today's world would sell their souls for money and power. The thing about giving up your soul for that stuff is that those things have an end. Someone will eventually have more money and you and someone will eventually have more power than you.

I think that this is one of the main themes from Dr. Faustus: material things have an end and giving up something as precious as your soul for them is just, well, pretty stupid. The work does not condone the selling of your soul, but it says that if you do sell your soul, make it worth something.