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Sachiko Namamura

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Perhaps everyone agrees Loves exchange is based on the story of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe. I find the poem very witty but some parts trouble me.

So, Id like some of you to answer the following questions for me.

 

Q1. Judging from the first line, I think the god of Love is regarded as a kind of devil in this poem. Do you agree? Is there any other poem in which he is thought a devil. 

Q2. Does the word thine in lines 13 and 16 indicate "thine fellows" or Loves fellows, that is, other devils?

 

Q3. In the first stanza Love is addressed as you (lines 1,3), but this second person changed into thou in these second, third and fourth stanzas (ll. 10, 13, 17, 22). Then Love becomes a third person from line 28 to the end of the poem. What's the meaning of this inconsistency?



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The love of god is regarded to devil means when God blesses us power the many people watnt to dominate on whole universe like doctor faustus  by  malowe.Ma,s forget the love and fear of god after finding the wealth of any tyoe like in doctor faustus , he gains the power of necromancy and wants to become demi devil . Ma is full of lust of power of any type. , whivh is reality because desires increase after the fulfilment of one . So love of god regarded to divil means god is merciful but man is selfish becasuse whengod takepity on us then sme people wants to gain the more power or desires but not satisified , because of it they act like devil and become selfish and forget the himanity .

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