At the minute I'm still very unsure of what to make of Mephistopheles. In act 2 scene 3 he still seems to be honest as he answers Faustus's questions but I think that we may be starting to see the bad side of him which caused him to go to hell in the first place. He only seems to give Faustus basic answers, withholding the knowledge he craves deceitfully, causing Faustus to become annoyed and dissatisfied as he's only being told what he knew already. 'Tush, these slender trifles Wagner can decide.' As well as this in act 2 scene 1 we see how M is full of trickery and is manipulative as he deliberately tricks Faustus into being put off by the idea of marriage which is holy and against Lucifer, instead promising to give him a courtesan (in other words a prostitute) every morning. Therefore I don't think that he can really be as honest as he is made out to be in act 1 as he isn't fulfilling his end of the bargain of giving Faustus everything he desires and is I feel just trying to distract him in order to stop him repenting. However I suppose you could argue that due to trickery and deception being innate with M as he comes from hell, he isn't that bad as he yet hasn't done anything worse then persuade Faustus not to marry and he seems a much more sympathetic character then Lucifer. He even stays with Faustus when Lucifer walks of stage end of act 2 scene 3 suggesting he is more loyal to Lucifer (but this could be very easily argued against). This suggests that he's possibly having a battle with himself as he doesn't want Faustus to go to hell but at the same time wants his soul and him to suffer in the way that he's suffering.
What I do disagree with is the possible interpretation that M has homosexual tendencies towards Faustus, I personally don't like these very ambiguous theories when there doesn't really seem to be any evidence in the play for it. So unless we read later on that M gives Faustus a cheeky peck on the cheek I will remain unconvinced.
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