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* [[Alternate Character Interpretation]]: How sympathetic is Mephistopheles? Is Faustus an [[Anti
* [[Values Dissonance]]: Faustus' visit to Vatican City to punch the pope in the face was a farcical jab at the Catholic Church playing to Protestant England (the play comes only a half-century after Henry VIII's formation of the Church of England). To contemporary audiences where the Catholic/Protestant divide has become much, ''much'' less important, the scene has lost its sectarian value.
** Considering how melodramatically the pope reacts, today it [[Crosses the Line Twice|crosses the line twice]].
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