marlowe
Why is Faustus such an unsympathetic character?
I am somewhat persuaded by the reading of Christopher Marlowe’s Dr. Faustus that suggests Marlowe is providing an anti-Calvinist play rather than a morality play (but please don’t take that to mean I don’t want you all to argue otherwise in your essays if you wish!). In short, the play can be read as criticizing […] Continue reading →
Why is Faustus such an unsympathetic character?
I am somewhat persuaded by the reading of Christopher Marlowe’s Dr. Faustus that suggests Marlowe is providing an anti-Calvinist play rather than a morality play (but please don’t take that to mean I don’t want you all to argue otherwise in your essays if you wish!). In short, the play can be read as criticizing […] 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 →
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 →
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 →
