Making Fun of the Plot

My favorite scenes we read were the ones that made fun of the plot. I think it's hilarious the requests Robin and Ralph make. They want mistresses, free drinks, and to not have to feed their horses hay. When the vitner doesn't give them what they want they threaten him with some curse that involves tickling. I don't know about you but I hate to be tickled so that one would get me! When Mephistophilis shows up he turns one into a dog and the other into an ape and they get excited about it. This shows us how ridiculous Faustus looks. He's asking for stupid stuff and doing childish things. It's hard to take him serious when he's throwing meat at the Pope. The fact he's invisible when he does it shows us he's not as great and honored as he wants to be. Plus, he probably wouldn't do that when he's visible which means he shouldn't be doing it at all. Then he has Mephistophilis give the knight horns. It's hard to figure out what to take seriously anymore because everything looks like a joke. He's abusing his power and it will be hard for him to maintain any kind of authority. The thing that stuck out the most is when he was supposed to bring back Alexander the Great. What happens is that spirits in the form of Alexandar the Great come which means it's not really Alexandar the Great. This means Faustus can't really bring back the dead. He also shouldn't be messing with spirits because they could be evil. But I guess somebody who sells his sould to the devil really doesn't worry about something like that.