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Bookmark or Share- Analysis of Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor FaustusDoctor Faustus is the only great religious drama of the Elizabethan period and anticipates the staging of the most profound human questions to follow by the only playwright who could rival the grandeur and terror of Marlowe’s dramatic conceptions, William Shakespeare.
- Doctor Faustus (play) - WikipediaThe Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, commonly referred to simply as Doctor Faustus, is an Elizabethan tragedy by Christopher Marlowe, based on German stories about the title character Faust. It was probably written in 1592 or 1593, shortly before Marlowe's death.
- Doctor Faustus Full Text and Analysis - Owl EyesChristopher Marlowe’s The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus tells the story of one of the most famous deals with the devil in Western literature. Faustus, a German scholar filled with boredom and ambition, trades his soul for 24 years of unrestricted knowledge and magical abilities.
- Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe Plot Summary - LitChartsDoctor Faustus is a scholar living in Wittenberg, Germany. Feeling that he has reached the ends of all traditional studies, he decides to pursue magic, and has his servant Wagner bring him Valdes and Cornelius, two men who can teach him how to perform magic incantations.
- Doctor Faustus | Tragic, Renaissance, Morality | BritannicaDoctor Faustus, tragedy in five acts by Christopher Marlowe, published in 1604 but first performed a decade or so earlier. Marlowe’s play followed by only a few years the first translation into English of the medieval legend on which the play is based.
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