浮士德博士的故事经常以各种形式展现。虽然浮士德有许多不同形象，其本质却始终是一个不愿墨守成规，试图以个人才智抗衡外界道德标准的反叛者。马洛笔下的浮士德野心勃勃，试图破除传统道德的禁锢，实现颇具魅惑性的宏伟事业，但最终无法避免自我毁灭。现有的对《浮士德博士的悲剧故事》的解读往往将浮士德的悲剧视作其傲慢愚蠢天性的结果，本文将以文本细读的方式更精准地展现浮士德的毁灭，说明其悲剧性的根本在于浮士德对未知事物的恐惧。正如爱情、自由和温情，神秘的未知事物也许只是一种完全的体验，永远无法用言语说明，而浮士德却忽视了此种可能性，一味追逐着最终答案。在他决心消除一切神秘事物的同时，他也将爱与温情拒之门外。

The image of Faustus has taken many forms, but in all versions, Faustus is always a rebellious intellectual nonconformist who aims to set up a new world out of his ideologies. In Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus, the aspiring hero denies his conventional identity and reaches for illusory magnificence, only to be faced with self-doubt and despair in the end. Orthodox readings of the play often consider Faustus’s stupidity and his ignorance as the main reason for his downfall. However, through a close reading of the text and a precise analysis of Faustus' condition, this thesis argues that Faustus’s downfall comes about as a result of his fear and denial of ambiguities. However, it is in the hill of ambiguities that arises the spirit of adventure. Faustus’s tragedy probably results from his inability to recognize that mysteries, like love, freedom or life itself, can only be experienced but never to be explained. Denying the ambiguities obliterates the possibility of unifying love, desire and tenderness, and thus obliterates life itself.