Question

Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

"If we say that we have no sin we deceive ourselves, and there’s no truth in us.” Why then, belike we must sin and so consequently die.
Ay, we must die an everlasting death.
What doctrine call you this, Che sera sera,
"What will be shall be?" Divinity, adieu (scene 1, lines 42–45)

What is the significance of these lines from the play?

A) Faustus explains why he is going to follow Satan.
B) Faustus learns that death is inevitable.
C) Faustus reads his first magical incantation.
D) Faustus does not truly understand Christianity

Answer 1

Faustus does not truly understand Christianity.

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

The correct choice is D: Faustus does not truly understand Christianity.

In the fragment, Faustus asks about a paradox of Christianity. On the one hand, if we say that we are clean of sin, we lie. The lie is a sin. On the other hand, if we sin we will inevitably die. There is no escape to our death.

What Faust does not understand is his own limitation about life. The eternal life is not a possibility for the humanity. As men and woman, we must die. Only gods are eternal and wanting to be like gods is the greatest sin existing.