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Doctor Faustus and Other Nonsensical Thoughts
God is a comedian. Life is the best running joke and Death is the punchline. This blog post is a bit overdue and unfortunately I haven’t come to a clear stance on the play yet, but I guess I’ll write a small little blurb on what’s been on my mind when thinking about Doctor […] Continue reading →
Dr Faustus
At the end of Dr. Faustus I didn’t feel sorry for him. He had so many chances and warnings ,but he never listened. Dr Faustus reminds me of Kreon in the way that he’s so focused on acquiring power that … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Tsk, tsk. Faustus.
How does an intelligent person come to the conclusion that making a deal with the devil is a good idea? It’d be great to have magical powers, I agree, but I would I take up a blood oath with the greatest evil in the world? No. What happened to his sensibilities? Is he so blinded […] Continue reading →
Doctor Faustus: A Deal with the Devil
Let me preface this by apologizing, for I am about to include one of my favourite tv shows in this blog post. I have two good reasons: 1) Because I can, and 2) Because it actually has something to do … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Bloody Hell.
No, this is not a blog about vampires or werewolves, but it is about magical forces… I speak, of course, about Marlowe’s ‘Doctor Faustus’. My first glance at this play started off a bit rocky. Doctor Faustus appears to be … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Faustus, You Fool
Holy moly I really enjoyed this week’s text. I was only slightly familiar with the basic story because I enjoy listening to opera, and there happens to be an opera called Faust by Gounod. Also, I finally got my wish for some Elizabethan drama. Faustus is a bit of a fool. I found that I didn’t feel […] Continue reading →
Faustus, Freedom, Knowledge and Distraction
Continuing with my theme of alliterative titles, today I want to explore one of the tensions between the 1604 and 1616 editions of Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus. The introduction to our text tells us that there are two broad versions of … Continue reading →
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doctor faustus’s wonderful adventure!!!
seriously though, i would love to have some sort of magical adventure where i can travel and do magic and just do AWESOME things. itd be so cool to be like a witch or something, yeah!! but after reading doctor … Continue reading → Continue reading →
doctor faustus’s wonderful adventure!!!
seriously though, i would love to have some sort of magical adventure where i can travel and do magic and just do AWESOME things. itd be so cool to be like a witch or something, yeah!! but after reading doctor … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Vomited again
Hey all,
Just submitted my Antigone essay. I honestly think this is a good essay. I have a bunch of quotes and I prove my points.
Christina, I used better comma etiquette this time
Good luck all!
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