The Tragic Tale of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe is a play about a man, Doctor John Faustus, who sells his soul to the devil in a greedy attempt to become omnipotent. In this play, irony is woven into this tale and exists in different forms. There are three of the different forms of irony that will be discussed in this play: tragic irony, situational irony, and verbal irony. Although irony exists in different forms, it helps create the mood of the show. The first of these, tragic irony, is a form of dramatic irony in which the character, in this case, Doctor Faustus, does or says something that, unbeknownst to him, has meaning for the audience. An example of tragic irony that exists in this play is found in Act 1, Scene 1. In this example, Doctor Faustus is reading various books on philosophy and religion. After this, he decides that he will join Valdes and Cornelius, two men who sold their souls to Lucifer. In this scene, he quotes: "Oh, what a world of profit and pleasure, of power, honor and omnipotence is promised to the studious craftsman?" ...