March: Good or Evil

One of the many questions people continually asks themselves is "am I a good person"?  In Christopher Marlowe's, Dr. Faustus, the main idea being discussed is that no one is fully good or fully evil.  Question 11, of the Dr. Faustus Socratic Seminar questions asks "How does Marlowe portray evil"?.  The fact that Faustus is willing to sell his soul to the devil is the most straight forward way to portray evil, but what if Faustus was unaware of what he was truly doing.  Upon making a deal with the demon, Mephistophilis, Faustus did not have an entire understanding of his actions.  So how can Faustus be labeled as an evil person for doing an "evil" act if he was unaware.  Also on the other hand with Mephistophilis, who we would automatically is evil since he is a demon.  However he attempts to dissuade Faustus from selling his soul.  Wouldn't we label that as something only a good person is capable of, not an evil demon.  Even in everyday life examples of good and evil are numerous.  It is interesting how human-beings must categorize everything they witness into being either all good or all evil.  There is no gray area or room for redemption.  We either want to see people succeed or fail, just as we want there to also be the answer that is good or the answer that is evil.  Humans want to room for interpretation.  An evil act must be done by and evil person and good acts only come from good people.