How does mephastophilis create conflict for faustus? how does he offer faustus a choice between good and evil? support your answer with evidence form the text.

As Faustus is contemplating and having second thoughts, Mephastophilis gives him rich gifts and a book of spells to learn. He offered Faustus a choice between good and evil when he warned him about the horrors of hell. Thank you for posting your question. I hope this answer helped you. Let me know if you need more help.

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hebbstoy hebbstoy · Answer 2 · 2018-08-15T19:54:12+02:00

Mephastophilis is a complex character whose motives are not obvious. Despite being a devil, he does not readily support Faustus in making a deal with Lucifer. He tells Faustus how horrible hell is, so that Faustus knows what kind of a future awaits him if he barters away his soul. Having experienced the happiness of heaven, Mephastophilis is torn between heaven and hell. He is unhappy in hell and confesses to Faustus that he is tormented there:

Why this is hell, nor am I out of it.

Think'st thou that I, who saw the face of God,

And tasted the eternal joys of heaven,

Am not tormented with ten thousand hells,

In being deprived of everlasting bliss?

O Faustus, leave these frivolous demands,

Which strike a terror to my fainting soul!

By warning Faustus of the nature of hell, Mephastophilis offers him an opportunity to reconsider his decision and turn away from evil.