In Christopher Marlowe's “Dr.” Faustus, Faustus is presented as the Gothic protagonist. Typical characteristics of a Gothic protagonist include things such as: being ambitious, being incapable of making decisions, and generally being easily persuaded, among others. Marlow presents Faustus as someone with these characteristics; However Faustus does not have all the characteristics of the ideal Gothic protagonist. Faustus is an ambitious character. In the first Chorus, he is compared to Icarus because "his wax wings rose above his reach", a bit like in the story of Icarus whose wax wings melted when he thought he could fly away from Crete and reach the sun thanks to his great ambition. . This also shows that Faustus is vain because he believes he can do impossible things. Faustus also shows his great ambition in his life story. He strove to be the best in his field of Divinity and was eventually considered with a "doctor's name." Faustus' main ambition, however, is to become greater than God. He wishes to have the omniscience of God, so that he can know "all the secrets of foreign knowledge »....