" This character's leg is pulled straight off by a man whom he sold a horse that turns into straw when ridden through water.
In reference to this character's downfall, the chorus laments that "Cut is the branch that might have grown full straight, / And burned is Apollo's laurel bough." This character beseeches his soul to be "chang'd into little water-drops, / And fall into the ocean, ne'er be found!" at the end of a soliloquy twice interrupted by clock chimes, in which he reflects upon having "but one bare hour to live." This character's leg is pulled straight off by a man whom he sold a horse that turns into straw when ridden through water. The inscription (*) Homo, fuge appears on this character's arm when his blood congeals and has to be warmed by fire. This character snatches Pope Adrian's food while invisible, amuses Charles V by placing horns on the head of Alexander the Great, and asks: "was this the face that launched a thousand ships" after conjuring Helen of Troy. For 10 points, name this character whose "Tragical History" unfolds after he sells his soul to Mephistopheles, in a play by Christopher Marlowe.
In reference to this character's downfall, the chorus laments that "Cut is the branch that might have grown full straight, / And burned is Apollo's laurel bough.
Doctor Faustus [do not accept or prompt on “Faust”]