Applying the Psychoanalytic Approach to Dr. Faustus Within the text of Christopher Marlowe's "Doctor Faustus", a reader notices the struggle between the Super- Me and the Ex. Throughout the play, Faustus struggles with himself while Lucifer and Mephistopheles struggle with him. Although these huge conflicts take place in the text, they are not the biggest situations when trying to apply the psychoanalytic approach. The most obvious situation comes with the introduction of the Seven Deadly Sins. They represent the constant struggle between the id and the superego. They add to the seduction of Doctor Faustus and the constant struggle in a chaotic hell. The id possesses most of the sins: pride, greed, envy, anger, gluttony and lust. All six of these sins display strong and powerful characteristics. While these seem like good features, they are actually extremely overbearing. When sins explain who I am, they leave no room for discussion. They simply say who they are and take what they want. For example, Pride explains what he can do with a woman: "I can creep into every corner of a maiden: sometimes, like a wig, I sit on her forehead; then, like a necklace, I hang them around her neck; then, like a fan of feathers I kiss her..." (Marlowe, II.ii.120) Obviously, Pride feels powerful enough to take any woman he wants and perform with her as he pleases. With a sly and mischievous voice, pride states what it can do and no one can change it. Another great representation of the id is lust or lust. Lust comes out and struts before Faustus. The reader realizes that his power is not in his words but in his presence. Even Lucifer notices her strength because he sends her away almost as quickly as she entered. "Away, to hell, away! Come on, piper!" (Marlowe, II.ii.177) Lust seals the deal on Faustus. His presence is so powerful that Faustus returns to Lucifer's hands. All six of these seven deadly sins show their strength and power, as they do not back down, except to Lucifer. They do what they want and say what they want, because they are the angels of Lucifer, the most evil angel of all. In achieving their goals they are very aggressive and Lucifer provides them with all the freedom they need to capture new souls like Faustus.