Doctor Faustus (Marlowe)

Why is Faustus Compared with Icarus? What qualities do they share?

Why is Faustus Compared with Icarus? What qualities do they share?

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The story of Icarus involves a bargain in which Icarus gets wings made of feathers and beeswax but is warned tot to fly too close to the sun. Icarus does and plunges to his death. Similarly Faust strikes a bargain but overreaches the extent of his powers and also, metaphorically, comes crashing down.